[Ads-l] another "of a"

Benjamin Barrett mail.barretts at GMAIL.COM
Fri May 6 02:18:08 UTC 2016


“not that great results”

Scott Young
"Learn Faster with The Feynman Technique"
At 1:00 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrNqSLPaZLc <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrNqSLPaZLc>

Whether there’s an “of” or not, it sounds wrong to me, but I think I prefer the of-ful version.

Benjamin Barrett
Formerly of Seattle, WA

> On 5 May 2016, at 16:36, Herb Stahlke <hfwstahlke at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Chuck Todd this evening:  If immigration reform had passed, would it have
> been as hot of a button issue as it is now?"
> 
> I can almost get "as hot button of an issue" but it's a long reach.
> 
> Herb


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