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‎preposition

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‎preposition

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‎Introduction

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‎NP junctor

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‎preposition

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 *The lawyer <u>got out of</u> the car.
 *I <u>got out of</u> working Tuesday.  (I don't have to work Tuesday!)
 ==The "off of" debate==

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 *I <u>got out of</u> working Tuesday.  (I don't have to work Tuesday!)
-==off of==
+==The "off of" debate==
 Though this is considered incorrect by many (particularly in the UK), it is very widespread in everyday American speech (and writing, as a web search quickly confirms). As above, the preposition is phonologically reduced to a schwa (<span style="color:green;">ə</span>)<br>

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 ==off of==
-million examples at Google!
+Though this is considered incorrect by many (particularly in the UK), it is very widespread in everyday American speech (and writing, as a web search quickly confirms). As above, the preposition is phonologically reduced to a schwa (<span style="color:green;">ə</span>)<br>
-*I got off (of) the train.  (Here the second preposition is optional)
+*The boy fell off (of) the horse.
-*He made a fortune off of
+*The President got off (of) the airplane.
 =NP junctor=

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 =preposition=
-It is interesting to note that <i>of</i> is rarely found outside of the Noun Phrase (NP).  When it is, it tends to be used with past participles.
+"Of" is followed by a noun or a noun phrase.  If a verb follows this preposition, it must be in the form <span style="color:darkred;">Ving</span>
-*The yarn is <u>woven of</u> fine silver and gold threads.  (cf. made (up), composed)
+*We're thinking of <u>buying</u> a new house.
-Though the present participle is also possible:
+It is is worth noting that with verbs like "think", "dream", "talk", <i>of</i> and <i>about</i> are synonyms.
-*I wonder what my daughter is <u>making of</u> all this talk about "Mariage for Everyone"
 =NP junctor=

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 Though the present participle is also possible:
-*I wonder what my daughter is making of all this talk about "Mariage for Everyone"
+*I wonder what my daughter is <u>making of</u> all this talk about "Mariage for Everyone"
 =NP junctor=

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 =Introduction=
-<p>often marks a possessor, or a filiation with a larger ensemble</p>
+<p>often marks a possessor, or a filiation, or a part of a larger ensemble</p>
 *That car of hers is a real mess.

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 *the ace of spades // *the king of white
 *the spade ace // the white king
-*left of center ≠ center left  (music:  Suzanne Vega)
+*left of center ≠ center left  ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHNBozMNCIw ♯♯ ♬♪]:  Suzanne Vega)
 ==partitive==

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 A very dissatisfying definition on the semantic level, but syntactically <i>of</i> is followed inexorably by a nominal (unlike <i>to</i>, for example). <br>
- It is interesting to note that <i>of</i> is rarely found outside of the Noun Phrase (NP).  When it is, it tends to be used with past participles.
+It is interesting to note that <i>of</i> is rarely found outside of the Noun Phrase (NP).  When it is, it tends to be used with past participles.
 *The yarn is woven of fine silver and gold threads.