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TeacherJapan Posted 6 years ago
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He couldn’t make it to the final for the weirdest of reasons.
Would it be possible to say “for the weirdest reasons”? Why does the sentence require “of”?
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, for this reason and for that reason and for this other reason , and so on. for the weirdest (one) of (many) reasons implies only one reason. of indicates 'chosen from' in this expression.
- , for this reason and for that reason and for this other reason , and so on.
- for the weirdest (one) of (many) reasons implies only one reason.
- of indicates 'chosen from' in this expression.
- Occasionally, even the version with 'of' implies more than one reason.
- ) for the weirdest (ones) of (many) reasons But the idea of selecting from a larger number of reasons is still present in these cases.
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for the weirdest reasons implies more than one reason, perhaps several reasons or many reasons, i.e., for this reason and for that reason and for this other reason, and so on.
for the weirdest (one) of (many) reasons implies only one reason.
of indicates 'chosen from' in this e
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