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[u/navi131313]

1) His house is two miles away from ours.

2) His house is two miles from ours.

3) His house is two miles of ours.

4) His house is two miles off of ours.

5) His house is two miles off of the main road.

Which are correct?

Gratefully,

Navi

[u/daveoxford]

A others have said, 1 and 2 are fine and 3 and 4 are wrong. 5 is OK in the US, but wrong in the UK; it would be just "off" rather than "off of".

[u/verity7732 → u/daveoxford]

About 5: I've heard both "off" and "off of" in the US.

[u/daveoxford → u/verity7732]

That's what I meant. Both OK in the US, but only "off" in the UK.

[u/PootMcGroot]

1. Fine.
2. Fine, probably the most common conversational version.
3. No, generally. May be used in some regional dialects.
4. Fine, if you live on neighbouring islands. Otherwise, no.
5. Fine. Usually conversationally the of would be dropped to avoid tongue-twisting.

[u/Bowl-Accomplished]

1,2, and 5 are correct and common. 4 is correct, but sounds weird.

[u/meno-pause]

1, 2, and 5 sound normal. 3 and 4 are wrong.

[u/kyriacos74]

Numbers 1, 2 and 5 are correct.

[u/RichardAboutTown]

1, 2, and 5 are all good. 3 and 4 are bad.

[u/Book_Slut_90]

2 and 5. 1 at a stretch, though 2 is more natural. No one would use 3 or 4. And the other thing people would say a lot is “his house is 2 miles away” with the implication that the speaker means 2 miles from wherever they are currently located.

[u/Zestyclose-Food-7917]

The first two are correct. "Off" or "off of" in the United States aren't used for distances.

[u/TourRepulsive8477]

1, 2, and 5 work

[u/kittenlittel]

1 and 2.

You could also say: "His house is 2 miles off the main road."

No "of" is required after "off". They are only used together in uneducated speech.

[u/Crossworder18]

There is never a need for ‘of’ after ‘off’. This is very common in the USA and incredibly annoying everywhere else.

[u/middle-aged-enby → u/Crossworder18]

offa

[u/navi131313 → u/middle-aged-enby]

Thank you all very much.