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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Forte --- wow, I never knew that -- thanks PP!  I learned something!  But it's going to sound so strange to pronounce it without the "ay" at the end.  I honestly don't think I've ever heard it pronounced that way.

A few years ago I was corrected on my pronunciation of the word "realtor".  I would say "real-a-tor".  It's just "real-tor".  I felt so stupid that I'd said it wrong all these years!

[b]I also found out a few years ago that it's improper to say "myriad of".  You should just say "myriad".  As in: "There are myriad ways to say the same thing."[/b]
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Myriad is actually both a noun and an adjective. You were fine before. [/quote]

Really?!  I just looked it up and Merriam-Webster says:
Usage Discussion of MYRIAD
Recent criticism of the use of myriad as a noun, both in the plural form myriads and in the phrase a myriad of, seems to reflect a mistaken belief that the word was originally and is still properly only an adjective. As the entries here show, however, the noun is in fact the older form, 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. There is no reason to avoid it.

So I was right all along!  Ha!  I'm telling my husband ;-)[/quote]

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