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Originally Posted by KyleGoetz
Sashimister, is the prefix お necessary? I've used 気に入る as the predicate of a sentence (i.e., 数学を気に入った), but I've never used it as an adjective, so I'm unfamiliar with it.
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Yes, the お is "necessary". It's used 99.9% of the time or more so I might as well call it necessary. I can't remember when I heard someone use the word without the お the last time. I probably heard it said by a tough man in a period drama a few years ago.
It's just like the お in お茶（おちゃ = tea） in that we use it without even thinking about being polite.