"Too great of a [risk]" OR "Too great a [risk]"?

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First, I want to emphasize that my question is general.

I want your answer regarding all of the cases in the following sentence stractures:

[Adjective] + of + [Noun] (For example: It is too great of a risk).
[Adjective] + [Noun] (For example: It is too great a risk).

I want to know if one of the sentence structures is considered informal. And, when should I use each of them? Also, what is the difference between "too great of a risk" and "too great a risk"??

Here are some other examples I found on the internet:

You are too beautiful a woman and too happy a mother

It' s too beautiful of a day for you to be in a bad mood

There was nobody else in the world he would honor with so great a responsibility.

And you know how great a person she is.

I'm not that great of a person.

Do you want an answer for English as spoken in the UK or in the US? For this question, the answers are different. — Mike Scott, Feb 03 '22 at 11:03
I want to know the differences between UK English and US English. So, I'd like to get a detailed answer that explains how those constructions are being perceived by both US citizens and UK citizens. — ENGLISHLEARNER11, Feb 03 '22 at 13:50
Does this answer your question? When may adjectives precede determiners? eg 'too difficult of a task' Or "How big of a problem" vs. "how big a problem" — Edwin Ashworth, Feb 03 '22 at 16:41
The "How big..." question is definitely a duplicate, but it gives a mistaken impression that "How big of a problem" is absolutely correct. It's perfectly acceptable, it seems, in American English, but it is definitely not universally accepted in British English. — Andrew Leach, Feb 03 '22 at 16:58

"Too great of a [risk]" OR "Too great a [risk]"?

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