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Osee Posted 17 years ago
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Very nice of you, very thoughtful of you
I always get confused about such phrases involving "of". So, could you tell me what exactly "of" means here? Thanks.
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* "Very thoughtful of him" means "That thing, which was done by him, was very thoughtful". And so on. g.
- * "Very thoughtful of him" means "That thing, which was done by him, was very thoughtful".
- And so on.
- g.
- "That was very nice of you") but often in conversation the subject is dropped and implied by context.
- I used the past tense ("was") in the paraphrasing, but these expressions are not tense-specific so "is" or "will be" are just as valid.
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"Very nice of you" means "That thing, which was done by you, was very nice".*
"Very thoughtful of him" means "That thing, which was done by him, was very thoughtful".
And so on.
In full, you need a subject at the start of the sentence (e.g. "That was very nice of you") but often in conversation the subject is dropped and implied by context.
I used the past tens
"Very thoughtful of him" means "That thing, which was done by him, was very thoughtful".
And so on.
In full, you need a subject at the start of the sentence (e.g. "That was very nice of you") but often in conversation the subject is dropped and implied by context.
I used the past tens
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