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Mrs. Bluezette's Grammar Guide
myriad/myriad of
"Myriad" means a huge number, maybe even too many to count.
It can be both an adjective
v
There are MYRIAD reasons that I'll probably never be a
billionaire.
and a noun
v
The single fertilized cell splits and re-splits millions of times
over into a MYRIAD OF different specialized cells.
What Mrs. B wants you to remember is that when "myriad" is an
adjective, you DON'T use an "of" with it.
Look again:
v
The MYRIAD dialects being spoken make it very difficult to
find an interpreter.
But when "myriad" is a noun, the "of" belongs.
v
Eric has a MYRIAD OF ideas for what to lead tonight's show
with.
May you, too.
