I've been hearing this more and more, mostly on American programmes - people saying 'it's not that big of a deal'. Why the of?
And today spotted this on Twitter
"an experiment to see just how small of a box Maru the cat will get into"
what do you mean, how small of a box? don't you mean how small a box?
where has this come from? arrrgh.
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What's this whole 'not that big OF a deal' thing going on?
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WhatFreshHellIsThis · 12/11/2010 21:18
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