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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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One of the most...

"One of the most common dialects is that of quality conversation."Why don't they say "one of the most common dialects is quality conversation."?
  

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You make a good point. It is a little wordy as it is now. The writer probably wanted to achieve a little emphasis by using "that of."
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Anonymous "One of the most common dialects is that of quality conversation."Why don't they say "one of the most common dialects is quality conversation."?
One of the most common dialects is [that of = the dialect of = the dialect used in] quality conversation.

They don't say "is quality conversation" because they don't mean that.

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