http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/myriad
Read it and weep T-Bag.
"Recent criticism of the use of myriad as a noun, both in the plural form myriads and in the phrase a myriad of, seems to reflect a mistaken belief that the word was originally and is still properly only an adjective. As the entries here show, however, the noun is in fact the older form, dating to the 16th century. The noun myriad has appeared in the works of such writers as Milton (plural myriads) and Thoreau (a myriad of), and it continues to occur frequently in reputable English. There is no reason to avoid it."
Well, you can suck it and fuck you...
ReplyDeleteStick this in your fife and smoke it:
[Greek mūrias, mūriad-, ten thousand, from mūrios, countless.]
USAGE NOTE Throughout most of its history in English myriad was used as a noun, as in a myriad of men. In the 19th century it began to be used in poetry as an adjective, as in myriad men. Both usages in English are acceptable, as in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Myriad myriads of lives." This poetic, adjectival use became so well entrenched generally that many people came to consider it as the only correct use. In fact, both uses in English are parallel with those of the original ancient Greek. The Greek word mūrias, from which myriad derives, could be used as either a noun or an adjective, but the noun mūrias was used in general prose and in mathematics while the adjective mūrias was used only in poetry.
No mention of "a myriad of."
No mention of "a myriad of"?
ReplyDeleteEXCEPT IN THE FIRST SENTENCE OF YOUR OWN FUCKING USAGE NOTE!
Lets also not forget that you were certain the word was not a noun.