Date:  Wed, 8 Nov 1995 09:19:34 -0600

From:  "Kathleen M. O'Neill" <koneil1[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UIC.EDU>

Subject: Re: supervisor/coupon



>>some friends of mine...

>

>I often used the phrase "friends of mine" until an erudite friend

>explained that "of mine" made the phrase redundant.



>Seth Sklarey



Not to jump to me own defense, but...



It seems to me that the phrase "a friend" has a

different purpose from that of "a friend of mine"

(as with "some friends (of mine)").



The inclusion of the phrase "of mine" seems to

add a dimension of colloquialism and informality.



But that doesn't entirely sum it up.



Anyone following my thinking on this one?





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