Tuesday, April 21, 2009

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1 -- used as a function word to indicate a point of reckoning <north of the lake>

2 a -- used as a function word to indicate origin or derivation <a man of noble birth> b -- used as a function word to indicate the cause, motive, or reason <died of flu> c : BY <plays of Shakespeare> d : on the part of <very kind of you>
Andy Dufresne :That's the beauty of music.

3 -- used as a function word to indicate the component material, parts, or elements or the contents <throne of gold> <cup of water>
Red: That tall drink of water with the silver spoon up his ass.
Red:Andy Dufresne, who crawled through a river of shit and came out clean on the other side.

4 a -- used as a function word to indicate the whole that includes the part denoted by the preceding word <most of the army> b -- used as a function word to indicate a whole or quantity from which a part is removed or expended <gave of his time>
Brooks: but my hands hurt most of the time.
Red:a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain.
Andy Dufresne : That's where I want to live the rest of my life.

5 a : relating to : ABOUT <stories of her travels> b : in respect to <slow of speech>

6 a -- used as a function word to indicate belonging or a possessive relationship <king of England> b -- used as a function word to indicate relationship between a result determined by a function or operation and a basic entity (as an independent variable) <a function of x> <the product of two numbers>
Red:the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice,
Andy Dufresne : You remember the name of the town, don't you?

7 -- used as a function word to indicate something from which a person or thing is delivered <eased of her pain> or with respect to which someone or something is made destitute <robbed of all their belongings>

8 a -- used as a function word to indicate a particular example belonging to the class denoted by the preceding noun <the city of Rome> b -- used as a function word to indicate apposition <that fool of a husband>

9 a -- used as a function word to indicate the object of an action denoted or implied by the preceding noun <love of nature> b -- used as a function word to indicate the application of a verb <cheats him of a dollar> or of an adjective <fond of candy>
Brooks: I'm tired of being afraid all the time.

10 -- used as a function word to indicate a characteristic or distinctive quality or possession woman of courage>

11 a -- used as a function word to indicate the position in time of an action or occurrence <died of a Monday> b : BEFORE <quarter of ten>

12 archaic : ON <a plague of all cowards -- Shakespeare>

In fanfiction genres, Original Flavoured. This is a story that fits perfectly into the original story. That means no changes in the characters and such, so that the fanfiction does in no way disturb the original.
'You can so believe this OF fic happened during the series timeskip!'

belongs to a group, often after some, a few, etc: some of his friends ◆ a few of the problems ◆ the most famous of all the stars
Andy Dufresne : Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.
Red: and for the briefest of moments, every last man in Shawshank felt free.
Red:Those of us who knew him best talk about him often.

after nouns formed from verbs. The noun after 'of' can be either the object or the subject of the action: the arrival of the police (= they arrive) ◆ criticism of the police (= they are criticized) ◆ fear of the dark ◆ the howling of the wind
Red: Old life blown away in the blink of an eye.

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