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JKBelieve Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

'of no help'????

I hear quite a few people saying 'you are of no use' or sometimes even 'you are of no help'

are these sentences grammatical at all???
  

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Hi, I hear quite a few people saying 'you are of no use' or sometimes even 'you are of no help' are these sentences grammatical at all??? Yes, they are OK. Such a structure is sometimes used when we are describing someone.

— Clive

  • Hi, I hear quite a few people saying 'you are of no use' or sometimes even 'you are of no help' are these sentences grammatical at all???
  • Yes, they are OK.
  • Such a structure is sometimes used when we are describing someone.
  • eg He was of (an) average height.
  • He was of a helpful disposition.
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Hi,

I hear quite a few people saying 'you are of no use' or sometimes even 'you are of no help'

are these sentences grammatical at all??? Yes, they are OK.

Such a structure is sometimes used when we are describing someone.

eg He was of (an) average height. He was of a helpful disposition.

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are these sentences grammatical at all???
They absolutely are. See .

CJ
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