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Lucas21c Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Glutton of/for
Are the following sentences all acceptable?
He is a glutton
A> for reading books.
B> for books.
C> of books.
He is a glutton
A> for reading books.
B> for books.
C> of books.
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Besides the regular definition of a person who is over-indulged in eating, the only other use I know of is "a glutton for punishment".
- Besides the regular definition of a person who is over-indulged in eating, the only other use I know of is "a glutton for punishment".
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Besides the regular definition of a person who is over-indulged in eating, the only other use I know of is "a glutton for punishment".
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Of 30 citations for 'glutton for' in the Corpus of Contemporary English, 21 were followed by 'punishment'. It's clear that other words can be used to follow this, but they run the risk of sounding a little strange. You can't really be a glutton for something that most of us would regard as pleasant.
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