Date:    Fri, 20 Mar 1998 11:10:54 -0500
<br>From:    "Dennis R. Preston"  preston[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]PILOT.MSU.EDU 
<br>Subject: Re: "bored of"
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<br>Perception may be fickle, but, unless you are a ding-an-sicher (and have
<br>uncanny access to those dingen), it's all we've got.
<br>
<br>dInIs
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<br> I am 29 years old, grew up in Edmonton, Alberta (now studying
<br> linguistics), and grew up using this phrase, "bored of". I had no
<br> idea it was considered incorrect usage by some, and have never heard
<br> it questioned, even when I trained and worked as a textbook editor in
<br> the West. (it never came up in any books we worked on, though!)
<br> 
<br> What is the phrase considered to be correct? Is it "bored with"?
<br> (I have also heard this possibility, but it always sounded snobby to
<br> me. Perception is a fickle thing. I have never had occasion to look it
<br> up, although now I will.)
<br> 
<br> - jane spalding- jamieson
<br> student, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada
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<br>Dennis R. Preston
<br>Department of Linguistics and Languages
<br>Michigan State University
<br>East Lansing MI 48824-1027 USA
<br>preston[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]pilot.msu.edu
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