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Originally Posted by mrbanana
Also something I first spotted in Janet Evanovich's books, and I'm now seeing everywhere is: 'a couple million dollars' or 'a couple bullets' instead 'a couple of million dollars' or 'a couple of bullets'. That seems a bit odd to me.
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Even within the US, the dropping of the "of" seems to be a regional colloquialism. Having traveled the US extensively during my military career, I’ve seen it in some areas and not in others. As I think back, it seemed to be more prevalent in southern (south eastern?) regions. Of course that travel occurred over a considerable period of time, and it could have been related to different decades too.