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HUBLOT Posted 14 years ago
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Numerous of the...
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They signed numerous of the "top free agents" available.
Why would it be correct to say numerous of the instead of "many of the..."?
They signed numerous of the "top free agents" available.
Why would it be correct to say numerous of the instead of "many of the..."?
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HUBLOT They signed numerous of the "top free agents" available. [Y] They signed numerous top free agents that were available. [Y] c45
- HUBLOT They signed numerous of the "top free agents" available.
- [Y] They signed numerous top free agents that were available.
- [Y] c45
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HUBLOTThey signed numerous of the "top free agents" available. [N]c45
They signed many (of the) top free agents that were available.[Y]
They signed numerous top free agents that were available. [Y]
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"numerous of the top free agents" is ungrammatical - disgracefully so. It should be "many of the top...", or "numerous top..." However, this is American sportswriting and this kind of thing might be expected. This is how American NFL fans talk and so the writers that write to this audience might write like this.
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