On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 07:43:56PM +0100, Harold Fuchs wrote:
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> You Yanks say "He jumped off of the bridge". We Brits think that's
> completely wrong - the "of" shouldn't be there. To be fair, some
> Yanks think it's wrong too but you see it in "respectable"
> newspapers, journals etc. and you hear notionally well educated
The reporters in your country must have greater language skills than
those in the U.S. Ours seem semi literate, habitually use slang
(ie "kids" for "children" etc.).
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