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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

a various or various

Hi,

Please help me to use the terms "various" and "a various" properly. Sometimes it is confusing. How about here? Can I use both of them here?

... can be performed using a various (various???) functions ...

Sorry, can you also tell me the difference in usage for the phrases "both of something" and "the both of something." Like the underlined part above, I sometimes am confused whether I should use "the both of them" or "both of them." Help.
  

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using a various functions No a. Both of them is fine the other seems strange to me, and Swan says that the should not be used before both ( check both) but look , I find enough usage with it at The New York Times (which is supposed to have educated writers/editors). Strange to me, again.

— Marius Hancu

  • using a various functions No a.
  • Both of them is fine the other seems strange to me, and Swan says that the should not be used before both ( check both) but look , I find enough usage with it at The New York Times (which is supposed to have educated writers/editors).
  • Strange to me, again.
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  • now estranged from the both of them and working as a nurse ...
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using a various functions
No a.

Both of them
is fine
the other seems strange to me,
and Swan says that the should not be used before both
(check both)
but look , I find enough usage with it at The New York Times (wh
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Re: a various or various

Hi Believer,

In the first example, I would use various without the "a". The noun functions is in plural, and therefore does not require an article "a". You could say:

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