PamQueue Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Cash Out Of
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/nov/08/business/fi-cover-gondas8/2
"AIG bought ILFC in 1990 for $1.3 billion in a stock swap. Within a decade, all three were billionaires. Udvar-Hazy, who remains on the Forbes list with about $2.5 billion, has said he cashed out of AIG stock before it dropped."
How is "cashed out of AIG stock" different from "cashed out AIG stock"?
"AIG bought ILFC in 1990 for $1.3 billion in a stock swap. Within a decade, all three were billionaires. Udvar-Hazy, who remains on the Forbes list with about $2.5 billion, has said he cashed out of AIG stock before it dropped."
How is "cashed out of AIG stock" different from "cashed out AIG stock"?
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This is for euphony and pronunciation. "Cashed out AIG stock" is difficult to pronounce (you have the "t" at the end of "out," which you have to pronounce to a stop and only then proceed to the next word) and doesn't sound very good coming off the tongue, and so the additional word "of" was added. This makes it easier to pronounce and it also sounds better - the "of" enables the words to roll off the tongue easier (the "t" at the end of "out" can be slurred together with the "o" in "of", giving "outuv" or "ouduv").
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This is for euphony and pronunciation. "Cashed out AIG stock" is difficult to pronounce (you have the "t" at the end of "out," which you have to pronounce to a stop and only then proceed to the next word) and doesn't sound very good coming off the tongue, and so the additional word "of" was added. This makes it easier to pronounce and it also sounds better - the "of" enables the words to roll of
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So, ...
"The restaurant kicked out all the people."
should be changed to,
"The restaurant kicked out of all the people."
because it is difficult to pronounce "all" right after "out"?
"The restaurant kicked out all the people."
should be changed to,
"The restaurant kicked out of all the people."
because it is difficult to pronounce "all" right after "out"?
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So, ...
"The restaurant kicked out all the people."
should be changed to,
"The restaurant kicked out of all the people."
because it is difficult to pronounce "all" right after "out"?
"The restaurant kicked out all the people."
should be changed to,
"The restaurant kicked out of all the people."
because it is difficult to pronounce "all" right after "out"?
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