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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

There's no use of crying over spilled milk...

Person A: We came so close. Really. We almost won that game!

Person B: There's no use crying over spilled milk.

Could it be written:

There's no use of crying over spilled milk?
  

Top answer

As far as I know you don't need "of".

  • As far as I know you don't need "of".
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As far as I know you don't need "of".
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Jackson6612Person B: There's no use crying over spilled milk.

Hi,
I would say "It's no use crying...". I don't know if you can say "there's no use...", I've never heard it.
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Could it be written:

There's no use of crying over spilled milk?
No. Not that I've seen.

CJ
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There's no use crying over spilled milk.

It's a proverb/idiom. Stick to the original form above.

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