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◇━a minimum v.s. a minimum of-投稿者:Fujioka(8/18-11:06)No.600
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a minimum v.s. a minimum ofFujioka URL6008/18-11:06

Dear Readers:

I'm a little confused.

The following article is from the Newsbyte magazine (V131,
1985).

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Pyramid Data Ltd., Santa Ana, CA, announced it has shipped
Paragon, a complete accounting system running on IBM PCs with a
minimum 256K and a 10 megabyte hard disk. Suggested retail price
is $995.
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In this context, native speakers of English would usually write
"with a minimum OF 256K and a 10 megabyte hard disk" instead of
"with a minimum 256K and a 10 megabyte hard disk". Is the
preposition "of" optional in this case? Or is there any
misunderstanding regarding the context on my part?

My impression and opinion are that because I cannot find many
actual examples of the expression "a minimum" used in the
meaning of "a minimum of", the former seems to be informal and
the latter formal.

Your elucidation on this topic will be highly appreciated.

Best regards,