Whatever happened to "of"?

[George K]

I just saw a story - context is irrelevant - and the author wrote, "with a quarter-century of experience."

Shouldn't it be "a quarter OF a century of experience?"

Similarly, "I have a couple bags to pack."

What?

"I have a couple OF bags to pack..."

Can someone explain that to me?

[LuFins Dad]

There are a couple reasons I can think of…

[Copper]

question

Whatever happened to "I have a"?

[Doctor Phibes]

@george-k said in Whatever happened to "of"?:

I just saw a story - context is irrelevant - and the author wrote, "with a quarter-century of experience."

Shouldn't it be "a quarter OF a century of experience?"

Similarly, "I have a couple bags to pack."

What?

"I have a couple OF bags to pack..."

Can someone explain that to me?

'Murica

[Klaus]

@george-k said in Whatever happened to "of"?:

with a quarter-century of experience

If there's a quarter pounder, there's a quarter century.

[89th]

@george-k said in Whatever happened to "of"?:

Can someone explain that to me?

Reminds me of a post I made a few days ago (I think to Aqua?) about how I'm finding more and more verbs, pronouns, and other connecting words to be missing. Did you catch that? I didn't start this sentence with "This" or "It". My grammaring isn't perfect, but I try to write text messages, emails, and other electronic messages at least with an attempt at not dropping too many words.

[89th]

Here's the post:

https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/topic/14001/when-electric-vehicles-stuck-in-icy-winter-storm/6?_=1642688222759

[LuFins Dad]

You know, of is getting screwed when it comes to cursing, too. One of the greatest and most prolific of American English curses is “son of a bitch” but today it has been shortened to “sunuva bitch” or even “sumbitch”…

[Horace]

I could of responded to this thread, had I the opportunity.

[Larry]

@horace said in Whatever happened to "of"?:

I could of responded to this thread, had I the opportunity.

Lol

Prolly........