Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1997 11:33:06 -0500

From: Mark Mandel Mark[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]DRAGONSYS.COM

Subject: Re: "how good of" -Reply



Donald M. Lance engdl[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]SHOWME.MISSOURI.EDU 0312.2200

Does it also jar you, Mark, when you hear some crusty old codger say "I

don't sleep so good of a night anymore"? This "of a night" was never in

my language, but I learned to suppress "how good of...." when I became

an English teacher.





Not at all. My ears would perk up with interest.