When Bad Grammar Happens to Good People 4. about. 5. over with. Here, the speaker clearly awaits the end of the speech with great eagerness, so the intensifier “with” is appropriate. 6. over. Here, the speaker is matter-of-factly referring to the end of a TV program, and not to something that seems unbearably long, so “over” is appropriate. 7. type of.
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