On Jan 9, 2007, at 7:37 AM, Don Williams wrote: > Every single US website that offers free services, that I have ever > seen, uses "For Free!" and not "Free" or "Free of Charge" or > "Gratis" or > any other correct combination of words. But if you look again > you'll see > that I write US spoken English is sometimes strange. And do not imply > that this is always the case. But find me a website offer that is > "Free" > and not "For free" and I'll take back (most of) my words. > > If you see a child with dirty sneakers up on the sofa cushions do you > say "Get you feet off the sofa" or "Get your feet off of the sofa?"
I would say "Get your feet off the sofa!", eliding the "of" for emphasis. Prepositions in US English are often elided compared to British English, for various reasons. "you feet" where "you" is a replacement for "your" is a dialectic shift mostly seen in certain cultural groups, but not proper in written US English. G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
