Whatever happened to "of"?
We used to say "a couple of gallons" or "a couple of dollars" and so forth.
For the past couple of years or so, from all I hear on TV or read in the newspaper, there must be a shortage of "ofs". They say "a couple days" or "a couple miles" which just sounds wrong to me.
And then there's "done" instead of "finished."
I'm done. Poke me with a fork.
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I agree with you about the decline in proper usage of the language. I grew up the daughter of an English teacher and was "gently" reminded when ever I made an error. Have you red "Eats Shoot and Leaves"? I think you would enjoy it if you haven't.
ReplyDeleteI just discovered your blog and was looking through past posts. I also belong to the six sock kal. I knitted the horcrux when the pattern was first posted in Susan's blog as a worsted weight pattern and since then I have made 3 more pairs!! One pair was for me but the other 2 were for my daughter who is a Potter fan.
LOL!! I'd love to know what set that off...
ReplyDeleteYou are right, some words are being dropped in everyday use. I wonder how much text messaging has to do with this? I hear that it is messing up people's spelling since they use such shortened words to say what they want.
ReplyDeleteAnn