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What happened to the word "of". A typical sentence in a novel might read, "I'll be back in a couple weeks."
It's rampant, the absence of the word "of". When did "of" become passé? *Why* did "of" become passé?
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Moose, can you give me an example in a sentence? Our English language has been butchered by uneducated but otherwise successful people and it become the venacular. It's part of the dumbing down of Amercia. 
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I gave an example in the OP -- "I'll be back in a couple weeks." Instead of, "I'll be back in a couple OF weeks."
I'm not talking about misuse of the language online. I'm talking about in novels. I read a lot, and I've only been noticing this the past few years. And it's inconsistent. Authors *do* use "of" at times, but for the most part the "of" is left out. It's become the forgotten or abandoned word, and I'm just wondering why. It doesn't bother me (like misusing your instead of you're does), I just wonder why the use of "of" is dying a slow but certain death.
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I gave an example in the OP -- "I'll be back in a couple weeks." Instead of, "I'll be back in a couple OF weeks." I'm not talking about misuse of the language online. I'm talking about in novels. I read a lot, and I've only been noticing this the past few years. And it's inconsistent. Authors *do* use "of" at times, but for the most part the "of" is left out. It's become the forgotten or abandoned word, and I'm just wondering why. It doesn't bother me (like misusing your instead of you're does), I just wonder why the use of "of" is dying a slow but certain death.
I see I too misread that as correct.
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