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   Hi, Ardith Hinton!   
   I read your message from 07.07.2019 23:44   
      
      
    AH> I hear the above in many popular songs from the US. I also note   
    AH> with interest that our neighbours to the south tend to shorten the   
    AH> spelling of words like "cheque" and "neighbour", in an apparent   
    AH> attempt to simplify the language. What I don't understand is the   
    AH> tendency to leave out "of" in stock phrases like "a couple of" only   
    AH> to add it where others wouldn't use it... e.g. "inside of" & "off   
    AH> of". I have requested MODERN AMERICAN USAGE from the public   
    AH> library. :-)   
      
   Is "check and neighbor" a tendency to shorten? It is just the American   
   spelling which is differ from the British/Canadian one.   
      
   Bye, Ardith!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
   english_tutor 2019   
      
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