OT: RE: Grammar, was RE: Work In KC Area?

From: vance_at_neurotica.com <(vance_at_neurotica.com)>
Date: Fri Aug 8 20:04:00 2003

On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:

> > As long as we're bitching, the hairs on the back of my neck stand up
> > (all too frequently, as it's currently in vogue) when people try to be
> > erudite (but prove the reverse) by referring to: "A myriad of...".
>
> It's a stupid word, widely misused, probably not very understood, and is
> better replaced with "bunch (of)" or "many" or even "plethora" which is
> a fun word because its not common and gets funny looks from the
> vocabularily challenged.

Myriad, at least in the classical meaning, means "ten thousand". That's
all. A myriad of objects is ten thousand objects.

Peace... Sridhar
Received on Fri Aug 08 2003 - 20:04:00 BST