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The instructions are too complicated to be of help.what is the meaning of that sentence,and what is the meaning of "of" in the sentence
The instructions are too complicated to be of help.what is the meaning of that sentence,and what is the meaning of "of" in the sentence
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You could also write this sentence: "The instructions are too complicated to help."
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"the instructions" are not written/spoken in a way that you can clearly understand so they do not help you do your task.
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The instructions are so complicated that they are not helpful.
You'll see things like this:
I hope we can be of service to you. (Said to a customer)
I have an extra umbrella, which will probably be of use to you since it's about to start raining.
Be of use
Be of help
Be of service
Be of assistance
Those are the combinations I can think of that use this pattern.
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