P + "of"

[Wilson Gray]

Sounds fine to me, too.

-Wilson


On 5/30/06, sagehen <sagehen at westelcom.com> wrote:
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> This discussion reminds me that possessive "of" probably should, but
> doesn't, in my own usage, obviate  a following  "___'s"  (e.g., "it was one
> of those friends / of Pete's/ that..........").  This could be recast in
> several diffrent ways, but it seems perfectly normal to me, in spite of the
> redundancy.
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