why you add 'of' here
In the two sentences
"It asked questions—the kind a newspaper asks of public officials."
"That was the last time I saw of him."
Why you add "of" here when it can be dropped.
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Those sentences don't really make any sense, but I know what you mean.
As in:
It was the last I heard OF him.
I've never heard OF her.
In the sentences I've written above, OF has the same meaning as ABOUT.
It was the last I heard ABOUT him.
I've never heard ABOUT her.
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