[Ads-l] intrusive "of" intrudes further

[Neal Whitman]

This is the first time in my recollection that I've seen it intrude into 
constructions where the "how ADJ" is predicative rather than attributive.

Neal

On 6/11/2015 2:47 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> New York State Police spokeswoman:
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> "I cannot tell you how large of the area is we're searching in."
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> JL
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