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paok1970
 
Reply Wed 5 Jul, 2017 05:16 am
If they are both correct, do the following sentences mean the same thing?

1) The milk has gone bad.

2) The milk has gone off.

Thank you.
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Region Philbis
 
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Reply Wed 5 Jul, 2017 05:19 am
@paok1970,

i've never heard "gone off" used to describe something that has gone bad...
izzythepush
 
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Reply Wed 5 Jul, 2017 05:20 am
@Region Philbis,
It's used all the time over here, we rarely say gone bad.
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tsarstepan
 
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Reply Wed 5 Jul, 2017 07:03 am
@paok1970,
paok1970 wrote:

If they are both correct, do the following sentences mean the same thing?
1) The milk has gone bad.

In the US, this sentence is the correct one.

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2) The milk has gone off.

Though this one isn't a recognizable sentiment/sentence. I must admit that I would love seeing a sentence like this dropped casually in the dialogue of a dime store mystery novel featuring a hard-nosed, iron nail biting detective.
izzythepush
 
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Reply Wed 5 Jul, 2017 09:41 am
@tsarstepan,
That's not going to happen, it's clearly English vernacular and those dime novel detectives ain't English.
paok1970
 
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Reply Wed 5 Jul, 2017 11:44 am
@izzythepush,
Is the sentence "The milk has gone bad" commonly used in EVERYDAY English?

Thank you.
paok1970
 
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Reply Wed 5 Jul, 2017 11:46 am
@tsarstepan,
@ tsarstepan

Would you please explain this part of your answer?

>Though this one isn't a recognizable sentiment/sentence.

Thank you.
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izzythepush
 
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Reply Wed 5 Jul, 2017 11:58 am
@paok1970,
Not so much in the UK, but it's fairly common. It's basically the difference between American and British English.

Britain Off

America Bad
centrox
 
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Reply Wed 5 Jul, 2017 12:53 pm
@izzythepush,
izzythepush wrote:

Not so much in the UK, but it's fairly common. It's basically the difference between American and British English.

Britain Off

America Bad

Eggs go bad in the UK, don't they? They did in our house (not all the time, thank God!) but milk went off, in fact most perishable foods. Also I found out in an engineering factory that Araldite (two pack epoxy) is said to 'go off' when it cures.
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paok1970
 
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Reply Wed 5 Jul, 2017 09:15 pm
@izzythepush,
What do you say when something "go off" such as the "milk" in Britain?

Thank you
izzythepush
 
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Reply Thu 6 Jul, 2017 12:46 am
@paok1970,
I say gone off.
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centrox
 
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Reply Thu 6 Jul, 2017 12:51 am
@paok1970,
paok1970 wrote:

What do you say when something "go off" such as the "milk" in Britain?

Thank you

We say it goes off, obviously.
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