Intrusive 'Of'

A sentence like "Joe is not that big of a sports fan" doesn't need the "of." In fact, that preposition serves no real purpose there.

Tags: GRAMMAR, INTRUSIVE OF, PREPOSITIONS, TOO BIG OF A

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