Timeline for Is it incorrect to say "All the trip was so fun?"
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| Jun 26, 2015 at 13:17 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | There may be some truth in claiming the connection with partitives (six of / a half of ...), but why not use the comparison with 'the whole of' to claim a different sense ('referring to that / those under consideration') of 'of' here? | |
| Jun 26, 2015 at 13:14 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Idioms do not bow to analytical correctness. Google Ngrams show that "both the men were" and "both of the men were" seem to be used equally frequently. Indeed, I'd choose the one containing 'of' because it sounds more natural to my ears (I'm a Brit, if that's relevant).... | |
| Jun 26, 2015 at 12:05 | review | Late answers | |||
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| Jun 26, 2015 at 11:46 | history | answered | Anthony Hearn | CC BY-SA 3.0 |