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"""Many a singular.
---
layout: post
source: Garner's Modern American Usage
source_url: http://bit.ly/1T4alrY
title: Many a singular.
date: 2014-06-10 12:31:19
categories: writing
---
The idiom 'many a' requires a singular verb.
"""
from proselint.tools import memoize, preferred_forms_check
@memoize
def check(text):
"""Suggest the preferred forms."""
err = "misc.many_a"
msg = "'many a' requires a singular verb."
preferences = [
["is many a", ["are many a"]],
["has been many a", ["have been many a"]],
["was many a", ["were many a"]],
]
return preferred_forms_check(text, preferences, err, msg)
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