Timeline for The pronoun for "many a language"
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| Jun 15, 2020 at 7:40 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Feb 10, 2017 at 13:36 | comment | added | dougal 5.0.0 | I have thought long and hard over this question, and the above answer just about covers it. TO QUOTE: '...many a is a fairly poetical/literary phrase, and isn't very common in regular conversation...'. May I add that there are times I will use this form when 'chatting' to my husband, I would not use it in everyday conversation - or with a second language learner/user. | |
| Feb 10, 2017 at 7:18 | comment | added | Janus Bahs Jacquet | On the other hand, I find “Many a language is not worth learning if you haven't got the opportunity to use it” perfectly fine and, in fact, more natural sounding. | |
| Feb 10, 2017 at 4:20 | comment | added | Masked Man | @Huy No, he did not literally nail it. :) | |
| Feb 9, 2017 at 16:29 | comment | added | AndyT | +1, and good arguing on this question not being a duplicate. However, I don't feel "each one" is appropriate in the example sentence; i.e. it sounds wrong to my ear. "Each and every one" would work. That said, it sounds wrong in the Bob Dylan lyrics too; that should maybe be "I've never seen any of them again"... but then the whole quote from that song sounds off to me anyway. | |
| Feb 9, 2017 at 15:48 | comment | added | Huy | You literally nailed it. This is exactly what I've been looking for :)). Thanks a lot. | |
| Feb 9, 2017 at 15:47 | vote | accept | Huy | ||
| Feb 9, 2017 at 15:29 | history | answered | 1006a | CC BY-SA 3.0 |