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Jan 28, 2012 · 4. Turn out in turn out the lights is idiomatic. Turn off is a general verb for turning off almost any device. The meaning of both is equally the same and there isn't any difference at all, but non-native speakers may not be aware of the idiomatic one and therefore may find it unusual. The less capable ones may not understand the idiom at all.
- I will hazard a guess: There were no more trams in Denmark after 1972 - however my grandmother would tell me to take the tram for another 20 years....
- Turn out in turn out the lights is idiomatic. Turn off is a general verb for turning off almost any device. The meaning of both is equally the...
- As @mplungjan's chart clearly shows, turn the light out is the older form. I think the reason is simply a matter of increasing domestic electrifi...
What did you turn off? In this case, "what" is the object of the sentence. When did you turn off the lights? In this case, "when" is an adverb, again not the subject of the sentence. If you want to know the real deep answer to why it patterns this way, there is an area of syntax called WH-movement that deals with these kinds of things.
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Jul 11, 2013 · Washington {Black} kids don't switch or turn a light off, they cut it on or off. DARE also notes the use of "cut off" to mean "extinguish a fire", in a 1986 instance recorded in Texas: "Cut the fire out." Idiomatically (although perhaps not logically), most U.S. speakers would probably say instead "Put the fire out" or "Put out the fire."
- Back in the day, switches were knife blade switches and the blade actually cut into the saddle, which meant to cut the light on/off. This was long...
- The question of whether this particular usage is logical or illogical hinges on whether cut can mean "turn or switch" or whether it can only mean...
- What part of Oklahoma? I've lived there most of my life, and don't recall hearing that one. There are parts of the state I don't get to much though...
- Back in the day of oil lamps, if you cut the wick, you might get more or less light depending how the wick was cut... side, slant, high or low. Pe...
- Can't seem to find anything corroborating this now, so it may be completely wrong! But I recall reading that this came from the early days of gas-...
Sep 4, 2014 · 1. Went out must come from when lights were candle or gas lighten - this the lights would go out as they couldn't exactly be turned off. A candle needs to be 'put out' manually or would 'go out' by itself. Term still applies today with things like power cuts or timed lighting. Share. Improve this answer.
Callithumpian. 24.8k875166. 3. In Italian, the correct way of saying it is spegni la luce, which the translation of turn off the light. Chiudi la luce, the translation of close the light is a regionalism, and not standard Italian. – apaderno. Apr 16, 2011 at 3:00.
Feb 13, 2016 · "Turning off" had previously been used as a euphemism for hanging One from the neck until dead--as the condemned was often "turned" off of an object or structure, extinguishing their light. As the expression "turn off the light" predates the the use of turning on the lights, it may be that "turn on the lights" was simply the adoption of an ...
Jul 10, 2019 · shut the light off. is rarely used in the context of operating a switch and sounds odd. It's probably more appropriate in a situation where the light is being blocked, for example by closing a door. In addition to Stu W's suggestion of 'flipping the switch', you could also use: She clicked the light switch on and off again or
