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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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A fan of me

Famous person A said this about famous person B:

Famous person B is not a fan of me.

Is there a difference between a "fan of me" and a "fan of mine"?

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Anonymous Is there a difference between a "fan of me" and a "fan of mine"? Yes. "fan of me" is wrong.

— MalRey

  • Anonymous Is there a difference between a "fan of me" and a "fan of mine"?
  • Yes.
  • "fan of me" is wrong.
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AnonymousIs there a difference between a "fan of me" and a "fan of mine"?
Yes. "fan of me" is wrong.
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--Famous person B is not a fan of me.--

Famous person B is not one of my fans.

CJ
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What is happening?

Last night I heard another prominent American say something like "I am not a fan of him, but he is not being treated fairly."

Both famous person A and the one I heard last night are from the New York area. Is this a New York "thing"?

Obviously, they do not consider "of me" or "of him" to be wrong.

Thank you for your thoughts.
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What is happening?

What is happening is that you are not making allowances for the difference between well thought out written language and off-the-cuff, spur-of-the-moment remarks made in casual conversation.

The 'of' construction you heard is not wrong and not a New York thing. It's just that there is a less awkward way to say the same thing.

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