Talk:a good many
Latest comment: 3 years ago by Backinstadiums in topic plural (pro)noun
Tea room convo[edit]
- Wiktionary:Tea room/2017/November § "the government effected a good many changes" --Barytonesis (talk) 11:48, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
plural (pro)noun[edit]
The CambridgeGEL, page 1748, reads
Southern liberals (there are a good many) often exhibit blithe insouciance.
ahdictionary.com reads
MANY (pl. n. used with a pl. verb): 2. A large indefinite number: a good many of the workers had the flu. Idiom: as many
--Backinstadiums (talk) 14:51, 22 July 2020 (UTC)
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The CambridgeGEL, page 1748, reads
Southern liberals (there are a good many) often exhibit blithe insouciance.
ahdictionary.com reads
MANY (pl. n. used with a pl. verb): 2. A large indefinite number: a good many of the workers had the flu. Idiom: as many
--Backinstadiums (talk) 11:30, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
- As an aside, there are several phrases like this, although there may or may not be few enough that we would prefer to list them all rather than consider them SOP. E.g., there's also "a great many", but to my surprise I'm having trouble finding citations of "a huge many" or "a large many". There's "a tiny few", "a minuscule few", "a limited few", and some hits for "a little few". There is "an unlimited many", but many citations may be of something a bit distinct. - -sche (discuss) 17:49, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
- @-sche: a little few (I have a copy if you need it) --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:54, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
- RFV closed. Out of scope of this page. DTLHS (talk) 22:15, 20 July 2020 (UTC)