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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Much or big

I'm not that big of a loser.
I'm not that much of a loser.

Is one of the 2 correct and natural?

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" is incorrect in standard English (to me in the UK it sounds totally wrong, but it seems fairly widespread in the US). ". Otherwise, there is not a great difference in meaning in the contexts I can envisage.

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  • " is incorrect in standard English (to me in the UK it sounds totally wrong, but it seems fairly widespread in the US).
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  • Otherwise, there is not a great difference in meaning in the contexts I can envisage.
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"that big of a ..." is incorrect in standard English (to me in the UK it sounds totally wrong, but it seems fairly widespread in the US). In standard English it should be "that big a ...".

Otherwise, there is not a great difference in meaning in the contexts I can envisage.
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It is definitely informal but quite idiomatic here in the states.
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