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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Hi I'm back

It has been a long time Emotion: smile

How's everyone? Have I missed anything interesting?

OK..Here's my question.

I have no idea [of] how to set up that machine.

Is of needed?
  

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Hi It seems to me that OF is optional, though I'm not sure. Let's wait for the natives

— Newguest

  • Hi It seems to me that OF is optional, though I'm not sure.
  • Let's wait for the natives
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Hi

It seems to me that OF is optional, though I'm not sure. Let's wait for the natives Emotion: smile
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It's more often omitted in casual speech, and I'd say it's optional in formal writing. But then, I'm not a guru.

How'd the boat hold up? Have you put it in dry dock?

Welcome back. A.

Google has them pretty close, but I know you don't believe in that LOL:

"no idea how" 7,570,000

"no idea of how" 2,180,000
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HAHA...I didn't sail around the world. I wish though.

I've been busy with work. I hope everyone is fine. Thanks for the replies.

Is Optilang still around here?
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AvangiHow'd the boat hold up?


By the way, why: How would the boat hold up? instead of How does the boat hold up?
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Hi Newguest,

Actually, I was thinking, "How did the boat hold up?"

- A.
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AvangiHi Newguest,

Actually, I was thinking, "How did the boat hold up?"

- A.

I've always thought that this contraction "How'd" means either "How would" or "had" (I'd been there etc.)

OK, thanks
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New2grammar Is Optilang still around here?
I was reading something of his a couple of days ago, but it may have been old.

They've really screwed up the profile section so you can only see about a day and a half of posting history. It lists a finite number of posts, which may go back in time, but the dates only go back 24 hours. It lists the thread
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This site has become so slow. Am I the only one experiencing it? The owner really needs to do something about it.

Avangi, thanks for the info. I just wanted to get an update on everyone. I wonder what everyone did during Halloween. I'm sure they were many posts on that.

Hope that this post will get through.
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The best solution is to log into two sites at the same time, and compose your post on one while you're waiting for the other to go through.

If you hadn't been away so long, you would have gotten used to it gradually, like the rest of us.
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Avangi They've really screwed up the profile section so you can only see about a day and a half of posting history. It lists a finite number of posts, which may go back in time, but the dates only go back 24 hours. It lists the thread names, so I guess you could go to the post and check the date.
To my everlasting shame, I've unfairly maligned our site. My
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