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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Structure of proverb

Hi. I heard people say this proverb: "Much coin, much care." Now, why could we use the determiner "much" (I think it's a determiner) with the countable noun "coin"? Don't proverbs have to follow grammatical rules? Thank you in advance for your help.

  

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Anonymous why could we use the determiner "much" (I think it's a determiner) with the countable noun "coin"? Because it is not countable there. It is a less common use of 'coin' = 'money': 3.

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  • Anonymous why could we use the determiner "much" (I think it's a determiner) with the countable noun "coin"?
  • Because it is not countable there.
  • It is a less common use of 'coin' = 'money': 3.
  • Informal.
  • money; cash: He's got plenty of coin in the bank.
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Anonymouswhy could we use the determiner "much" (I think it's a determiner) with the countable noun "coin"?

Because it is not countable there. It is a less common use of 'coin' = 'money':

3. Informal. money; cash:

He's got plenty of coin in the bank.
AnonymousDon't proverbs have to follow grammatical rules?
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