"of which...of"

[Dan Goncharoff]

Which two of the three ofs are you referring to? I believe the second and
third are the same.
DanG


On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Barbara Need <bhneed at gmail.com> wrote:

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> But the two _of_s are different--at least in the example below:
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> The early mariner is ignorant of the cause  of numerous phenomena.
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> Barbara
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> Barbara Need
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> On 17 May 2012, at 7:18 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> > Unless I miss my guess, this truly nonstandard construction is usually
> > associated with latter-day neophyte writers.
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> > However, here's a 1928 ex. from an academic writer that sailed through
> > copy-editing. I assume it was a slip of the pen:
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> > 1928 Angelo S. Rappoport _Superstitions of Sailors_ (London: S.
> > Paul) vii:
> > It may be attributed to three sources, viz.: Firstly, the
> > interpretation
> > and explanation of numerous phenomena actually observed, but the
> > cause of
> > which the early mariner was still ignorant of.
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