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English 1b3 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Correct wording

He jokingly asked, 'Is this too sexy an outfit?' OR 'Is this too sexy of an outfit?'

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No 'of'.

  • No 'of'.
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Is it commonly misused with 'of' or have I been mishearing people?
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can this be addressed as soon as possible

is this correct?

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is as follows or are as follows

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English 1b3 He jokingly asked, 'Is this too **** an outfit?' OR 'Is this too **** of an outfit?'
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Although you will hear the version with 'of' and see it in print by the hundreds, maybe thousands, the construction with 'of' is widely regarded as incorrect/ungrammatical, and you should probably consider it so yourself, especially when writing an ac

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