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Debi Parkisni Posted 10 years ago
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To make as big of a dent

What is to make something as big of a dent?
  

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Did you mean this? What is to make something as big as a dent?

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Did you mean this?
What is to make something as big as a dent?
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AlpheccaStarsDid you mean this?What is to make something as big as a dent?
Sorry I meant "big of a dent"
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Do you have some more context for that? Perhaps something like: That didn't make as big of a dent in the backlog as I'd hoped.
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Blue JayThat didn't make as big of a dent in the backlog as I'd hoped.
At least that makes sense.
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I must protest about "as big of a dent". Is that really viewed as correct in AmE? To me it is horrible (no offence intended to those who use it).
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GPYI must protest about "as big of a dent". Is that really viewed as correct in AmE?
Yup! S.O.P. Standard Operating Procedure. Not very elegant, though, I admit.
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CalifJimYup!
Ok, thanks, I have seen it of course, but I always took it as bad English.
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(The following is US usage.)

You get into a fender bender, and when you get home, you take another look at it and it's hardly noticeable. You might then say: "It's not as big of a dent as I thought it was."
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Blue JayDo you have some more context for that? Perhaps something like: That didn't make as big of a dent in the backlog as I'd hoped.
Blue Jay it's from this phrase
"is that we don’t have enough tools right now to really make as big of a dent as we need to."
I still don't understand what is big of a dent
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Debi ParkisniI still don't understand what is big of a dent
Here is a paraphrase:
We don’t have enough tools right now to really make as much progress as we need to.

Does that make sense?
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