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>> nurture<<
or lack thereof
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>>But, insel, you aksed<<
Then "not one" *or* "not any" -- it was your teacher's maxim I was doubting.
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Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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I was born on a Sunday  Bingley
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In cases like this, the rhythm of the sentence is often the deciding factor. In my ears, your sentence without "of" sounds better.
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One thing that no one (not one of the responders  ) has mentioned is the use of 'of' when 'all' is singular; at least in the examples I can think of, 'all of' is required. "How much of that book have you read so far?" "All of it."
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>>All of it.<<
"All of it" is a fragment. The full sentence would read, "I have read all of it," for which you can substitute, "I have read it all."
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Or...you can not substitute! Gee, I wonder if this post will be on the new place?
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And if you don't, you're using a colloquialism.
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