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Anonymous Posted 5 years ago
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Any idea (of/about) who

A: Do you know who it could be?

B: No.

A: Does anybody else here have any idea (of/about) who it could be?


Is the last question okay or does it seem weird to ask "does anybody else here" when the one he did ask didn't know?

Also, is it more natural to use 'of' or 'about' or nothing at all?

  

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anonymous Is the last question okay or does it seem weird to ask "does anybody else here" when the one he did ask didn't know? It's OK. Nobody's going to parse it that carefully.

— CalifJim

  • anonymous Is the last question okay or does it seem weird to ask "does anybody else here" when the one he did ask didn't know?
  • It's OK.
  • Nobody's going to parse it that carefully.
  • anonymous Also, is it more natural to use 'of' or 'about' or nothing at all?
  • I'd say it with nothing at all.
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anonymousIs the last question okay or does it seem weird to ask "does anybody else here" when the one he did ask didn't know?

It's OK. Nobody's going to parse it that carefully.

anonymousAlso, is it more natural to use 'of' or 'about' or nothing at all?

I'd say it with nothing at all. Second choice, 'about'. I d

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