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I've thinking about this for some time and still don't know which one is correct? Wich one do you use?
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"Big" is more colloquial. "Great" seems just a tinge pompous...
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If I were to meet Billy Corgan, I would tell him I'm a HUGE fan. I've never heard of someone being a "great" fan, but grammatically it makes sense.
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'of' sounds a little awkward don't you think. eg:
"I am a big fan of a computer" -> better to say "I am a big computer fan"
"I am a big fan of a motor" -> "I am a big motor fan"
But even so, unless you're writing a kids' book it still sounds weird because fans are inanimate objects and are not self-aware.
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I think ashu meant something like: "I'm a big fan of the Rolling Stones"
"I'm a big fan fan of a computer/motor" is just wrong (at least out of context).
However, although I'd prefer big to great as well, I'm not really sure whether big is actually more correct than great (grammatically).
btw. guest: inanimate and not self-aware?? that's bollocks...
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guest: were you just trying to be funny? If so, I apologise...
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Fom Google:
"I'm a huge fan" -- 753000
"I'm a big fan" -- 434000
"I'm a great fan" -- 227000
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<<'of' sounds a little awkward don't you think. eg:
"I am a big fan of a computer" -> better to say "I am a big computer fan">>
I suppose you could say "I'm a big fan of computers". "I'm a big computer fan could be ambiguous (as in a 150mm fan or 120mm fan, 80mm or 92mm being more common, especially in the past).
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Computer fans are generally fairly small, so it would be a kind of oxymoron... though everything is relative.
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