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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

IF IT'S TO ..... (can you say this?)

Can you say this please?

- If it's to go bar hopping, then I'd rather stay home.

- It's not that good an area./it's not that good of areas here. ?

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- If it's to go bar hopping, then I'd rather stay home. -- OK if in response to a suitable statement, such as "We're planning a night out... " Some people might hyphenate "bar hopping".

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  • - If it's to go bar hopping, then I'd rather stay home.
  • -- OK if in response to a suitable statement, such as "We're planning a night out...
  • " Some people might hyphenate "bar hopping".
  • /it's not that good of areas here.
  • -- Some people seem to want to insert the word "of" into this construction, as in "not that good of an area", but to me this seems ungrammatical and unnecessary.
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- If it's to go bar hopping, then I'd rather stay home. -- OK if in response to a suitable statement, such as "We're planning a night out... do you want to come along?" Some people might hyphenate "bar hopping".



- It's not that good an area./it's not that good of areas here. -- Some people seem to want to insert the word "of" into this construction, as in "not that g
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