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NonGrannyMoll Wed 08-Jan-25 19:43:36

Am I the only person in the UK who gets uppity when intelligent, literate British people stick "of" in the middle of sentences where none belongs?
I ate all of my ice cream today.
It made all of the difference in the world.
And so on.

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JamesandJon33 Wed 08-Jan-25 19:48:42

and off of

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Granmarderby10 Thu 09-Jan-25 01:31:44

As in “hey you ! Get of of my cloud”….

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Grammaretto Thu 09-Jan-25 02:33:24

Your not alone .
Its the greengrocers apostrophe which annoy's me.
Oh and loose and lose.
I put a lot down to auto correct and try to relax.....😅🤣

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