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To: Daffynition

Myriad (preceded by the word “a” or followed with the word “of”)is one of the most misused words. If you can’t literally replace it with “many” without the sentence sounding awkward, you are probably misusing it.


166 posted on 02/01/2012 3:24:27 PM PST by CharacterCounts (November 4, 2008 - the day America drank the Kool-Aid)
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To: CharacterCounts

By the way, a thousand kudos for your observation.


184 posted on 02/01/2012 4:54:14 PM PST by Erasmus (A man, a plan, a canal: Suez)
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