We have myriad possibilities.<\/p>\n
The painting\u2019s installation elements \u2014 including a plastic vacuum tube filled with \u201calphabet dice\u201d \u2014 hint at myriad<\/span> possibilities. – Seattle Times<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n We have a myriad of possibilities.<\/p>\n Thanksgiving is almost here, and with it comes huge platters of delicious food, pies as far as the eye can see, candy dishes full to the brim, and a myriad<\/span> of choking hazards that no one ever told you about. – Romper<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Which one is it?<\/p>\n \u201c‘Myriad of’ <\/em>is older than myriad<\/span> with the noun,\u201d [Prof.] Curzan explains. \u201cMyriad comes into English in the 16th century when the word originally means 10,000, a specific number.\u201d The word changed from referring to 10,000 of something, to meaning a countless number of something.<\/span><\/p>\n While ‘myriad possibilities’ is taut, succinct … ‘a myriad of possibilities’ is the original form. Either one is fine. Click on the link below to listen to this interesting discussion with Professor Anne Curzan at Michigan Public Radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n