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I always catch myself saying 'I got it offline', but I wonder if it is incorrect to say that and instead to say I got it online. What's your take?

• 001sky 12y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_and_offline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_and_offline
• ZoF 12y ago
  Could you use the expression in context? If you're saying e.g., "I got this pdf offline", I would argue your usage is incorrect and that saying, "I downloaded this pdf","got it online", or some variant would be more accurate. That is, unless you would consider, 'got it offline' to be an idiomatic expression for 'downloaded/retrieved-from-the-internet' in whatever region you're from. ~