Timeline for Difference between "per" and "a"
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| Mar 23, 2012 at 0:20 | comment | added | Brett Reynolds | @MarkBeadles: I apologize for the tone of the reaction. | |
| Mar 22, 2012 at 21:00 | comment | added | Brett Reynolds | The OED says, "b. With adverbs of repetition (as once, twice, many times, oft a day); now classified as the indefinite article: see a adj. 4" because the previous analysis was clearly wrong. | |
| Mar 22, 2012 at 20:53 | comment | added | Mark Beadles | Then the Online Etymological Dictionary has it wrong too. And so does the OED. Admittedly the OED does include a note for this sense, "now classified as the indefinite article", so it's open to some analysis. But it's certainly not "Nonsense!" | |
| Mar 22, 2012 at 20:43 | comment | added | Brett Reynolds | Nonsense! Wiktionary has this wrong. There is a preposition a, but it has absolutely nothing to do with this. It's a straight determiner, and can be replaced by other determiners (e.g., two times this week, two times each week, two times some weeks, etc.) | |
| Mar 22, 2012 at 20:29 | comment | added | Mark Beadles | Believe it or not, "a" is usually regarded as a preposition in those circumstances, and that particular "a" arose from the preposition "on". | |
| Mar 22, 2012 at 19:59 | history | answered | Brett Reynolds | CC BY-SA 3.0 |