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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
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quaint with many a device in india ink

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0It means that, whatever the subject is, it is 01i00interestingly odd, with a lot of black ink designwork02i00.0-
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0Hi,02br
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00I still couldn't understand meaning of that phrase so please explain me little further.0-
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01cite10Jackson661212cite10Hi,12br
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10what does this phrase mean ''11font10quaint 12font11font10[= unusual] 12font10with many a 11font10device12font10 11font
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11b11font10quaint with many a device in india ink.12font12b12br
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10Couldn't we simply say 01i01b01i00quaint with 01u01font00many devices02font02u00
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0That means:02br
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01b00many a device02b00 = 01b00many devices.02b02br
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00But how?0-
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01cite10Jackson661212cite10That means:12br
11<>11b10many a device12b10 = 11b10many devices12b1212blockquote
10 Yes. 02br
00 However, "many a" is used more in literary, even poetical, contexts than in informal ones. 0-
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