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O that’s funny. Apparently it was originally a noun, hundreds of years ago. It actually changed into the adjectival use I was referring to earlier in the 1800s.

If anything it seems that using myriad as an adjective was actually an example of a rule change made to accommodate how people were speaking at the time.



Language is certainly a fascinating thing. The adjective form of "legion" always throws me off, like in the Anonymous slogan ("we are legion").

Off topic, but now I do kind of wish the Magic: The Gathering mechanic was named "Legion" instead of "Myriad".




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