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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-4•19 hours agoI take umbrage with “couple bits of toast” Surely it should be “couple bits toast”? You can’t lazily leave out one “of” and not the other
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•11 minutes agoit took me like 30 seconds to figure out what other “of” you were talking about, “couple of bits of toast” looks so clunky to me granted, i pronounce it as “cup’la bit’sa toast”
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•edit-218 hours agoExcept couple bits toast doesn’t roll off the tongue nearly as well as couple bits of toast. Edit: that being said, I’m not a caveman - they’re fucking slices of toast. You want me to make some toast and tear off a couple bits for you?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•3 hours agoOr just make me a couple toasts. Feels easier as a non native speaker.
I take umbrage with “couple bits of toast”
Surely it should be “couple bits toast”?
You can’t lazily leave out one “of” and not the other
it took me like 30 seconds to figure out what other “of” you were talking about, “couple of bits of toast” looks so clunky to me
granted, i pronounce it as “cup’la bit’sa toast”
Except couple bits toast doesn’t roll off the tongue nearly as well as couple bits of toast.
Edit: that being said, I’m not a caveman - they’re fucking slices of toast. You want me to make some toast and tear off a couple bits for you?
Or just make me a couple toasts. Feels easier as a non native speaker.
Maybe in British English?
You mean not English [simplified]?