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Originally Posted by cromag
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.
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Nobody would say "a few of books", but "a couple of books" is generally regarded as being the grammatically correct thing to say.