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Teal lime Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Go through many a gauntlet

Please consider the following sentence:

Jennifer Lawrence has gone through many a gauntlet on-screen, but nothing could compare to the “degrading” and “humiliating” experiences she faced early on in her career.

My questions are these:

1) What does "to go through many a gauntlet" mean?

2) Why is it "many a gauntlet" and not "many gauntlets"?

Thank you.

  

Top answer

teal lime 1) What does "to go through many a gauntlet" mean? To experience many difficulties and problems. teal lime 2) Why is it "many a gauntlet" and not "many gauntlets"?

— Cool Breeze

  • teal lime 1) What does "to go through many a gauntlet" mean?
  • To experience many difficulties and problems.
  • teal lime 2) Why is it "many a gauntlet" and not "many gauntlets"?
  • No special reason.
  • Both the singular and the plural are possible with many even though the singular is not very common.
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teal lime1) What does "to go through many a gauntlet" mean?

To experience many difficulties and problems.

teal lime2) Why is it "many a gauntlet" and not "many gauntlets"?

No special reason. Both the singular and the plural are possible with many even though the singular is not very common. One instance wher

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