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Askshameer Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Many a times/Many times

Often I confuse if the word "a" is necessary in the following situation:

1) Many a times, I've heard my friends saying that.....
2) Many times, I've heard my friends saying that.....

Are both the sentences correct? Or which one correct?

/Sameer
  

Top answer

The first sentence isn't correct. You can't use 'a' in this phrase there rae so many rules concerning this article but one thing which you should always keep in mind is that you can't use 'a' with the plural nouns

— Alinka

  • The first sentence isn't correct.
  • You can't use 'a' in this phrase there rae so many rules concerning this article but one thing which you should always keep in mind is that you can't use 'a' with the plural nouns
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The first sentence isn't correct. You can't use 'a' in this phrase
there rae so many rules concerning this article but one thing which you should always keep in mind is that you can't use 'a' with the plural nouns
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Oops... I think this was already discussed in EnglishForward.com. Here is the link:


/Sameer
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yeah, BUT THERE ARE 2 DIFFERENT MEANINGS
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the second one is correct. we don't use "a" with times, we only use it when we talk about single. like a friend of me said that......
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isn't it "a friend of mine"...and not "a friend of me"
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Anonymous: yup you're correct
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Just to be clear, these are correct and synonymous:

1) Many a time, I've heard my friends saying that
2) Many times, I've heard my friends saying that

'Many a time' is rather old-fashioned nowadays.
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I agree with the correction and your answer...
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when we will use the phase many a time and many times????

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