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== English == === Determiner === many a Being one of a large number, each one of many; belonging to an aggregate or category, considered singly as one of a kind. ==== Usage notes ==== Many a or an is followed by a singular noun. If the resulting noun phrase is used as the grammatical subject of a clause, the verb it controls is also singular (the idiom is distributive rather than aggregate in sense). The use of a versus an follows the usage notes detailed for the article an. ==== Alternative forms ==== many an (used before a word starting with a vowel sound) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === a fair booty makes many a thief many another nary a === Anagrams === Mayan, Yaman