“Of” isn’t a participle, it is a preposition. Putting a preposition at the front of the clause helps you avoid using the wrong case, esp. with pronouns. For example, “Who are you giving it to?” should be “To whom are you giving it?” Examples of participles, on the other hand, include “shaken” or “dangling” (they are verbal adjectives). I wouldn’t blame the Latin, but a lot of mistakes do occur when people are trying to avoid the traditional errors in grammar (it is called hypercorrection).
“Of” isn’t a participle, it is a preposition. Putting a preposition at the front of the clause helps you avoid using the wrong case, esp. with pronouns. For example, “Who are you giving it to?” should be “To whom are you giving it?” Examples of participles, on the other hand, include “shaken” or “dangling” (they are verbal adjectives). I wouldn’t blame the Latin, but a lot of mistakes do occur when people are trying to avoid the traditional errors in grammar (it is called hypercorrection).