From the Globe’s blog and a post about American comedian Jimmy Kimmel:
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel recently asked parents to give their kids lousy presents a couple weeks before Christmas….
There’s a little word missing there.
“of”
As in “a couple of” something.
You will hear that sort of construction all the time, especially from Americans, and increasingly you will see it in print as well.
But it is grammatically wrong.
And no, it is not concerning to your humble e-scribbler.
It is of concern to him, as in the abuse of the language pisses him off, just as it might be of concern that the Globe has fired its editors or hired people who do not know about proper English.
Here endeth the rant.
- srbp -