[General] it’s not too much trouble/of a trouble

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kadioguy

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A: Shall I give you a ride home?
B: Sure, if it’s not too much of a trouble/if it’s not too much trouble.

A: It’s no trouble at all because your house is on the way to my place.
B: That’s great. Let’s go!
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Which sentence is more appropriate? or both of them are acceptable?
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Only if it’s not too much trouble is correct.
 

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Only if it’s not too much trouble is correct.

But when I google on the Internet, there are 923,000 results about "if it’s not too much of a trouble". It seems that the expression is very common.
 

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Remember that the Web is populated by millions upon millions of non-native English speakers writing in English.
 

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And the English written by many native speakers is of very dubious quality.

Thank you all!

But how can I find reliable sources?
Maybe Corpus of Contemporary American English or Google Books Ngram Viewer?
 

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Your signature says 'If there is any grammatically wrong in my narrative'.
I would say 'If there is anything ungrammatical in my post'.
 
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