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371 points timqian | 2 comments | 06 Jul 18 09:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.017s | source
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bojo ◴[06 Jul 18 13:37 UTC] No.17471265[source]▶
There's been many a discussion here about companies holding out for the perfect candidate, curious to see how many jobs go unfilled for how long.
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1. spraak ◴[06 Jul 18 17:06 UTC] No.17473084[source]▶
Does anyone know linguistically more about this "many a <singular thing>" construction? I've seen many an instance of this and I find it curious
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2. eschutte2 ◴[06 Jul 18 19:08 UTC] No.17474245[source]▶
My dictionary just says "used distributively with a singular noun, with an or a prefixed to the noun," and gives the earliest known example as "moni ane eærde" from Layamon's Brut (~1205): https://books.google.com/books?id=UFZcAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA218&lpg=...