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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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 Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 3:57 pm Post subject: Another grammar question |
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I am not a teahcer of English so one for the experts. This from the BBC threw me:-
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| Occupational psychologist Sherridan Hughes, who owns career counselling service Careermax, says many people who come to them for advice from big banks and law firms are fed up of impossible workloads and long hours. |
I always believed that one was "fed up WITH something". Which is right? With or of? |
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some waygug-in
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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It is fed up with.
Fed up of sounds like Konglish to me. |
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes to me too, and let it be said, somewhat "low-life" and that's why I was so surprised to see it in a BBC article. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Wangja wrote: |
| Yes to me too, and let it be said, somewhat "low-life" and that's why I was so surprised to see it in a BBC article. |
The BBC's collective level of grammar is really deteriorating. |
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matthewwoodford
Joined: 01 Oct 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe it's American?
I'm doing what many teachers here seem to do when they come across something that sounds a bit strange - 'Oh, that must be British English'.  |
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jinks
Joined: 27 Oct 2004
Location: Formerly: Lower North Island
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| Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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| That's even worse than 'should of...' instead of 'should have...' |
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J.B. Clamence
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 3:56 am Post subject: |
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| matthewwoodford wrote: |
Maybe it's American?
I'm doing what many teachers here seem to do when they come across something that sounds a bit strange - 'Oh, that must be British English'. |
Nope, not American. We use "fed up with" as well. |
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
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| Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 8:51 am Post subject: |
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I did a quick Google search of "fed up of" and I came up with "I'm fed up OF Donny Osmond....".
To me, that's wrong. It's poor grammar. If you substitute "happy" for "fed up", you'd NEVER say "I'm happy OF her". It's always WITH. |
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jajdude
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 9:38 am Post subject: |
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| jinks wrote: |
| That's even worse than 'should of...' instead of 'should have...' |
That's from the contraction "should've", I'm sure you know.
Another one is "alot" ---- written too often. |
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