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Healer Posted 5 years ago
Grammar
Quite a ways to go
How does ‘a ways’ come about?
I wonder why it is not “a way”?
Why is “ways” in plural after the article ‘a’?
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healer How does ‘a ways’ come about? I wonder why it is not “a way”? Why is “ways” in plural after the article ‘a’?
- healer How does ‘a ways’ come about?
- I wonder why it is not “a way”?
- Why is “ways” in plural after the article ‘a’?
- The answer is not simple, but here is a simplified version.
- That "ways" is not plural.
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healerHow does ‘a ways’ come about?
I wonder why it is not “a way”?
Why is “ways” in plural after the article ‘a’?
The answer is not simple, but here is a simplified version. That "ways" is not plural. It is a relic of Old English grammar, the same "ways" you see in the
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