Question by learnmusic: Which of these is the proper use of “myriad”?
I cannot seem to find a matured answer to the proper road to use “myriad” in a condemn. Which of the following is assess? If you recognize the answer, can you produce a reason please? Thanks!
“Lack of sleep can lead to MYRIAD health harms.”
“Lack of sleep can lead to A MYRIAD OF health harms.”
Best answer:
Answer by Kock_le
Contemporary evaluation of the use of myriad as a noun, both in the plural shape myriads and in the phrase a myriad of, seems to reflect a flawed belief including the intention of the word was originally and is still by the book single an adjective. As the entries here show, though, the noun is in fact the older shape, dating to the 16th century. The noun myriad has appeared in the works of such writers as Milton (plural myriads) and Thoreau (a myriad of), and it continues to occur frequently in reputable English. Here is no reason to avoid it.
So you can use it both ways
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