tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31830497.post8307485921249537277..comments2024-02-28T05:25:12.859-05:00Comments on English, Jack: Jan Freeman's new bookBretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02870575277556244419noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31830497.post-58602970012952213162009-11-24T10:31:04.548-05:002009-11-24T10:31:04.548-05:00He would probably argue that all is redundant in c...He would probably argue that <i>all</i> is redundant in cases such as <i>all of us</i>; omit <i>all</i>! It had never occurred to me that you couldn't say <i>?all Bierce's books</i>. You can certainly say <i>all his book</i>, but searching the corpora turns up very few instances of <i>all [proper noun]'s</i>, the most common being <i>all God's children</i>. Interesting!Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02870575277556244419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31830497.post-9502862968681747302009-11-24T09:42:31.445-05:002009-11-24T09:42:31.445-05:00And of course Bierce's logic is of no help in ...And of course Bierce's logic is of no help in those situations where the "of" is not just optional but required: all of us, all of them, all of Bierce's books, etc.phspaeltinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31830497.post-81532298932547729222009-11-19T17:08:25.068-05:002009-11-19T17:08:25.068-05:00I have a feeling there are a number of writers and...I have a feeling there are a number of writers and scholars who'd like to do something similar for "Elements of Style." But maybe that's just me.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05781744385645937568noreply@blogger.com