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Old 01-09-2012, 06:05 AM   #59
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Originally Posted by cromag View Post
Late to the party, but here in New Jersey when I buy three or more books at the store I say that I bought "a few books," never "a few of books." In the same sense, when I buy two books I say I bought "a couple books," never "a couple of books."

But I'm not an English major.
Nobody would say "a few of books", but "a couple of books" is generally regarded as being the grammatically correct thing to say.
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