◇━a minimum v.s. a minimum of-投稿者:Fujioka(8/18-11:06)No.600
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Dear Readers: � I'm a little confused. � The following article is from the Newsbyte magazine (V131, 1985). � ----------------------------------- 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. ----------------------------------- � 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, � | |||