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Makko Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

"many a great..." vs "many great..."

Why is version (1) correct and not version (2)?

(1) many a great leader has survived occasional wrong decisions.

(2) many great leaders have survived occasional wrong decisions.

Version (2) seems intuitively right but I know it's incorrect. Why?
  

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` They are both correct (or would be if they began with capital letters) and mean the same. Rover

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They are both correct (or would be if they began with capital letters) and mean the same.

Rover
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is there some rule that specifies (1) as correct? I don't know why it's correct.
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It's perfectly fine.

Many a man has tried to win her; none has succeeded. (Many men have tried...)
Many a year would pass before he would see her again. (Many years would pass...)
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