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 Many a times/Many times?8 replies Forums · General English Grammar & Vocabulary, Listening & Speaking · General English Grammar Questions Often I confuse if the word "a" is necessary in the following situation: 1) Many a times, I've heard my friends saying that..... 2) Many times, I've heard my friends saying that..... Are both the sentences correct? Or which one correct? /Sameer  Full Member204 The first sentence isn't correct. You can't use 'a' in this phrase there rae so many rules concerning this article but one thing which you should always keep in mind is that you can't use 'a' with the plural nouns New Member32 Oops... I think this was already discussed in englishforums.com. Here is the link: http://www.englishforums.com/English/UsageOfWords/djnnn/post.htm /Sameer the second one is correct. we don't use "a" with times, we only use it when we talk about single. like a friend of me said that......  New Member06 Anonymous: isn't it "a friend of mine"...and not "a friend of me" Anonymous: Anonymous: yup you're correctJust to be clear, these are correct and synonymous: 1) Many a time, I've heard my friends saying that 2) Many times, I've heard my friends saying that 'Many a time' is rather old-fashioned nowadays. | Have a question? People are waiting to help. Interesting stuff Related forum topics:Bad grammar can be very embarrassing at times?How many times have you been in / to...?many times smaller?on the blunt at times?many times?ten times as many as?What kind of relationships?FriendsTime relationships grammar?as many as?As it has been many times?were it never so many times Plato’s and...And friends...?There was times...?Some sentences, present times?Three times as small as?Many a?Times?Three times higher than?How many times? |
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