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Bill who putters wrote:
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Brooklyn1 Gravesend1 wrote:
On Sun, 16 Jan 2011 12:16:08 -0500, Bill who putters
wrote:
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Notat Home wrote:
nightlux wrote:
hi all im looking for a nice plant that can smell up my house with a
lovely strong aroma could any body recomend any stinky plants all
advice
and opinions will be appreciated.
We used to grow scented geraniums outside but did not bring them in.
They come in a myriad of scents.
Actually they come in myriad scents... there is NEVER "of" after
myriad.
Oh? Lost in particulars you are Shelly.
myriad |?mir??d| poetic/literary
noun
1 a countless or extremely great number : networks connecting a myriad
of computers.
2 (chiefly in classical history) a unit of ten thousand.
adjective
countless or extremely great in number : the myriad lights of the city.
? having countless or very many elements or aspects : the myriad
political scene.
ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (sense 2 of the noun) : via late Latin from Greek
murias, muriad-, from murioi '10,000.'
USAGE Myriad is derived from a Greek noun and adjective meaning 'ten
thousand'. It was first used in English as a noun in reference to a
great but indefinite number. The adjectival sense of 'countless,
innumerable' appeared much later. In modern English, use of myriad as a
noun and adjective are equally standard and correct, despite the fact
that some traditionalists consider the adjective as the only acceptable
use of the word.
Hmmm. Wrong again, eh Shelly? 'Atta boy. It's good to know that you are
consistent, but you should probably go back to mangling grapevines.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myriad
In English, the term "myriad" is most commonly used to refer to a large
number of an unspecified size. In this way "myriad" can be used as
either a noun or an adjective.[1] Thus both "there are myriad people
outside" and "there is a myriad of people outside" are correct.
--
- Billy
³When you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. When you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a communist.²
-Archbishop Helder Camara
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyE5wjc4XOw
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