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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

A bit of a funk

"The Stoke players and crowd are in a bit of a funk over the penalty." (The Guardian.)

What is a "a bit of a funk" in the above?

Why are there two determiners "a" in it?
  

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Anonymous What is a "a bit of a funk" a rather bad mood Anonymous Why are there two determiners "a" in it? a bit a funk Is that what you mean? Each singular countable noun has its article.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous What is a "a bit of a funk" a rather bad mood Anonymous Why are there two determiners "a" in it?
  • a bit a funk Is that what you mean?
  • Each singular countable noun has its article.
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AnonymousWhat is a "a bit of a funk"
a rather bad mood
AnonymousWhy are there two determiners "a" in it?
a bit
a funk

Is that what you mean? Each singular countable noun has its article.
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AnonymousWhat is a "a bit of a funk" in the above?
It means in a state of panic.
AnonymousWhy are there two determiners "a" in it?
In that sentence, "bit" is a singular countable noun, and "funk" is working as a count noun too.

[cross-posted with Mister Micawber
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teechrIt means in a state of panic.
No, it is not that strong here.

2.a dejected mood: He's been in a funk ever since she walked out on him.
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Mister Micawbera bita funkIs that what you mean? Each singular countable noun has its article.
I've just thought that it is in the pattern of "a/this/that sort of thing" in which a determiner is tied only to the head of the of-phrase, i.e. "sort", whereas the postmodifying "of thing" lacks any determiner.
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AnonymousI've just thought that it is in the pattern of "a/this/that sort of thing" in which a determiner is tied only to the head of the of-phrase, i.e. "sort", whereas the postmodifying "of thing" lacks any determiner.
I think the two just work differently. Some are determining phrases and others are not.
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I interpret funk as 'a state of dejection'.
It also sometimes denotes 'fear'.
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Bearing in mind that this is a British newspaper and British context, I suspect it is the meaning labelled "chiefly British" at http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/funk:

A state of great fear or panic
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