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Anonymous  #205834  Mon, 13 Mar 06 06:55 PM

The question of who is in charge is of outstanding importance...

I have some problem with coming of  Preposition (of) before outstanding…cause I cant understand why It should be there???is it possible to say:  in charge is outstanding importance... I mean that omit the of

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Goodman  #205952  Tue, 14 Mar 06 02:12 AM

Of outstanding imporatnace means= something important, that's all.

The whole question merely means, The outcome of whoever in charge is very imporant.

I'll give you a couple of paralell sentences to help you see: I didn't know what it was but whatever I saw was of lightening speed.

John is a person of high integrity = John is a very honest and trust-worthy perosn.

When you use "of " in this context, a noun or noun clause must follow.

His action was of irreversible consequencies, meaning what he did can not be repaired and redeemed.

Hope my explanation helps!

  
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paco2004  #205967  Tue, 14 Mar 06 03:32 AM
 Anonymous wrote:
The question of who is in charge is of outstanding importance...

I have some problem with coming of  Preposition (of) before outstanding…cause I cant understand why It should be there???is it possible to say:  in charge is outstanding importance... I mean that omit the of

Your sentence can be simplified into a sentence like "The question is of outstanding importance". To understand this structure, take a noun phrase "a question of outstanding importance" (="an outstandingly important question") as an example. Here "of outstanding importance" is an adjectival phrase to modify "a question" from back. If you use this adjectival phrase as a complement in a predicate sentence, you will get a construct like "The question is of outstanding importance".

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