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Nakool Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Too great a variety of studies destruct the mind.

In the above sentence , 'destructs' should be used.

a) please tell me the meaning of the 'Too great a variety' in the above sentence.

b) please tell me why they have used ' destructs' .
  

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Nakool Too great a variety of studies destruct destroys the mind. "destroys", not "destructs". Nakool a) please tell me the meaning of the 'Too great a variety of studies ' in the above sentence.

— CalifJim

  • Nakool Too great a variety of studies destruct destroys the mind.
  • "destroys", not "destructs".
  • Nakool a) please tell me the meaning of the 'Too great a variety of studies ' in the above sentence.
  • too many different studies; studying too many different subjects Nakool b) please tell me why they have used ' destructs' .
  • They did not use 'destructs' according to what you wrote as the original sentence.
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NakoolToo great a variety of studies destruct destroys the mind.
"destroys", not "destructs".
Nakoola) please tell me the meaning of the 'Too great a variety of studies' in the above sentence.
too many different studies; studying too many diff
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I have read somewhere to treat

'a variety of' = 'a number of'
'the variety of' = 'the number of'

So It should be 'destruct' instead of 'destructs'.

Am I right? If not, please tell me ' a variety of ' is followed by singular or plural .?
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NakoolSo It should be 'destruct' instead of 'destructs'.
I have already said that the verb is 'destroy', not 'destruct'.
Nakoolplease tell me if ' a variety of ' is followed by singular or plural .
Usually the plural, but the singular is also used. See

CJ
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