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Ann225 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Set great store by

Hi,

Is the phrase ‘set great store by’ common in conversation?

“He’s not one to set great store by punctuality.”

“He doesn’t set great store by obeying the rules.”

Thank you.

  

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Ann225 Is the phrase ‘set great store by’ common in conversation? Yikes, no! Well, not in my conversations anyway.

— CalifJim

  • Ann225 Is the phrase ‘set great store by’ common in conversation?
  • Yikes, no!
  • Well, not in my conversations anyway.
  • CJ
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Ann225Is the phrase ‘set great store by’ common in conversation?

Yikes, no! Well, not in my conversations anyway.

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Ann225Is the phrase ‘set great store by’ common in conversation?

Not in those examples!

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In the US, in certain company (for example: people over 50 with a high school education, rural rather than city areas) these would be okay. The idiom here would be worded as, "set great store in," not "by."

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