The extra "of" has its roots in Scottish dialects. It came to America with Scottish immigrants in the seventeenth century. Paul On Nov 12, 2006, at 5:48 AM, Don Williams wrote:
> An extra 'of' where it is not required is a feature of American English > that can be tolerated although it may grate the ear. But using 'your' > in > place of 'you're' is quite wrong. > > D > > -- > Dr E D F Williams > www.kolumbus.fi/mimosa/ > http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/ > 41660 TOIVAKKA – Finland - +358400706616 > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
