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Anonymous Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Two Articles In A Noun Phrase?

They invaded England with an army a thirty thousand strong.

I'm not sure of if this sentence is grammatical.

I think the sentence should be: They invaded England with an army thirty thousand strong.

  

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anonymous I'm not sure of if this sentence is grammatical. It isn't. The "a" would be needed if the number needed it—an army a hundred strong, an army a thousand strong.

— Anonymous

  • anonymous I'm not sure of if this sentence is grammatical.
  • It isn't.
  • The "a" would be needed if the number needed it—an army a hundred strong, an army a thousand strong.
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anonymousI'm not sure of if this sentence is grammatical.

It isn't. The "a" would be needed if the number needed it—an army a hundred strong, an army a thousand strong.

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