Yes. The other is Ebonics... :^)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf(a)siconic.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 3:08 PM
Subject: RE: OT: RE: Grammar, was RE: Work In KC Area?
On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Fred N. van Kempen wrote:
On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Vintage Computer Festival
wrote:
The proper usage is to speak of "myriad OT
threads" (as in "many OT
Wrong, it's "a myriad *of*
<something>" , defined as "a great number
of things", "many things" and so on.
As others have already pointed out, both uses are correct (which was news
to me since I was taught only the noun form).
Anyway,
it's a dumb word and shouldn't be used because then it makes
you
That probably depends on where you learn English (and other languages),
as it's just a word you can use. As it is in many other languages
(most of which never to be understood by the average American..)
You mean there are other languages besides American?
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