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Although many is normally plural (How many are coming?) or attached to plural nouns (Many years have passed), it takes a singular verb when it means 'each of a large number': Many's the time I've wondered; Many another student has had this idea; There's many a true word spoken in jest. ?Longman Guide to English Usage, 1988
I am accustomed to the phrase 'many a' taking a singular verb in the last example. But the remainder with which I am unfamiliar throws me into confusion. The description is valid now?
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Anonymous I am accustomed to the phrase 'many a' taking a singular verb in the last example. OK. Many a true word ...
- Anonymous I am accustomed to the phrase 'many a' taking a singular verb in the last example.
- OK.
- Many a true word ...
- Anonymous the remainder Many another student shouldn't bother you.
- 'another' is 'an' attached to 'other'.
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AnonymousI am accustomed to the phrase 'many a' taking a singular verb in the last example.
OK. Many a true word ....
Anonymousthe remainder
Many another student shouldn't bother you. 'another' is 'an' attached to 'other'. 'a' becomes 'an' before a vowel. The result of this is that this exa
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