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Nugso Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Teensy
Hi. Could somebody tell me why of is ommited or used in the following sentences, please?
1) Specifically, it's still a teensy bit jerky when accelerating from a dead-stop
2) But seriously though, take a teensy bit of time to do something for yourself asap.
3) This introspective blame game does start to wear a teensy bit thin eventually
4) They put a teensy bit of fish over a cup of cheap rice
5) That's a teensy bit of another straw men.
Would the sentences be still correct if I were to add of after teensy bit in 1 and 3 and omit of in 2, 4, 5?
All of the sentences were quoted from Fraze.it.
1) Specifically, it's still a teensy bit jerky when accelerating from a dead-stop
2) But seriously though, take a teensy bit of time to do something for yourself asap.
3) This introspective blame game does start to wear a teensy bit thin eventually
4) They put a teensy bit of fish over a cup of cheap rice
5) That's a teensy bit of another straw men.
Would the sentences be still correct if I were to add of after teensy bit in 1 and 3 and omit of in 2, 4, 5?
All of the sentences were quoted from Fraze.it.
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'Of' precedes a noun; it does not appear before adjectives. Nugso Would the sentences be still correct if I were to add of after teensy bit in 1 and 3 and omit of in 2, 4, 5? No.
- 'Of' precedes a noun; it does not appear before adjectives.
- Nugso Would the sentences be still correct if I were to add of after teensy bit in 1 and 3 and omit of in 2, 4, 5?
- No.
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'Of' precedes a noun; it does not appear before adjectives.
NugsoWould the sentences be still correct if I were to add of after teensy bit in 1 and 3 and omit of in 2, 4, 5?No.
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Thanks very much Mister Micawber. I presume it's the same as a little bit, right?
I need a little bit of time to solve the problem. ( Of + Noun.)
He's a little bit jealous of me. ( No of + Adjective.)
I need a little bit of time to solve the problem. ( Of + Noun.)
He's a little bit jealous of me. ( No of + Adjective.)
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Ignore the word teensy for a moment.
In 1 and 3, bit is an adverb modifying an adjective (jerky, thin). "It [is] jerky." How jerky? "It's a bit jerky."
In the others, bit is a noun, the direct object. "[You] take a bit [of time]." "They put a bit [of fish]". Each is followed by a prepositional phrase (beginning with of) to describe what kind of
In 1 and 3, bit is an adverb modifying an adjective (jerky, thin). "It [is] jerky." How jerky? "It's a bit jerky."
In the others, bit is a noun, the direct object. "[You] take a bit [of time]." "They put a bit [of fish]". Each is followed by a prepositional phrase (beginning with of) to describe what kind of
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Thanks very much for the reply, Sijay.
http://learnersdictionary.com/definition/bit
In the link above, I co
SijayIn 1 and 3, bit is an adverb modifying an adjective (jerky, thin). "It [is] jerky." How jerky? "It's a bit jerky."Are you sure it's an adverb?
http://learnersdictionary.com/definition/bit
In the link above, I co
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Many dictionaries only provide definitions for idioms as a whole—"a bit much", "a little bit"—which is an excellent way to learn them, since that tends to be how they are injected into a sentence. As a whole, these phrases are nouns.
But this doesn't completely address your original question. I decided to analyze the structure of the whole sentence in the hopes of showing you the real rol
But this doesn't completely address your original question. I decided to analyze the structure of the whole sentence in the hopes of showing you the real rol
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