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JaxTeller Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
In my opinion she isn't as good of an actor as him
is the following sentence grammatically correct?
In my opinion? she isn't as good of an actor as him
In my opinion? she isn't as good of an actor as him
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It is unidiomatic. Leaving aside the age-old quarrel between the "as he" and "as him" camps, the idiom goes "she isn't as good an actor as", not "as good of". You need a capital letter at the beginning and a period at the end, too.
- It is unidiomatic.
- Leaving aside the age-old quarrel between the "as he" and "as him" camps, the idiom goes "she isn't as good an actor as", not "as good of".
- You need a capital letter at the beginning and a period at the end, too.
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It is unidiomatic. Leaving aside the age-old quarrel between the "as he" and "as him" camps, the idiom goes "she isn't as good an actor as", not "as good of".
You need a capital letter at the beginning and a period at the end, too.
You need a capital letter at the beginning and a period at the end, too.
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Emre25Is the following sentence grammatically correct?In my opinion she isn't as good of an actor as him.I would call it 'borderline acceptable'. Here's a better version:
In my opinion she isn't as good an actor as he is.
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In my opinion she isn't as good of an actor as him.
In my opinion she isn't as good of an actor as he.
In my opinion she isn't as good of an actor as he is.
None of these is even borderline acceptable in British English. The 'of' needs to be omitted.
In my opinion she isn't as good of an actor as he.
In my opinion she isn't as good of an actor as he is.
None of these is even borderline acceptable in British English. The 'of' needs to be omitted.
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