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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Many things vs many a thing / The least of which

Could you help me understand the difference please?

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I've heard you called many things in the past, but never "sexy"

I've heard you called many a thing, but never "sexy"

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How do you use "The least of which"

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We will leave soon enough. Be patient.

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There are many things which put me in a bad mood, not the least of which is getting up in the morning. We will leave soon enough. Be patient.

— Avangi

  • There are many things which put me in a bad mood, not the least of which is getting up in the morning.
  • We will leave soon enough.
  • Be patient.
  • " "Be patient," implies that the person we're addressing is unduly anxious to see us leave.
  • The second number one is old fashioned or poetic.
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There are many things which put me in a bad mood, not the least of which is getting up in the morning.

We will leave soon enough. Be patient.

Sometimes we mean "by normal standards."
Sometimes we mean "by the standards of the person we're addressing."
Sometimes we mean "all too soon."

"Be patient," implies
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alc24I've heard you ['ve been] called many things in the past, but never "****"
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Many a thing, (meaning the same as the aforementioned 'many things') is simply from an old fashioned, almost archaic, dialect which was commonly used until the nineteenth century, now only used in poems or novels set in a particularly relevant time period.

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