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LogGrad98 said:
The correct usage is "myriad" not "a myriad of". "Myriad" means, colloquially, "a lot of", so saying "a myriad of" is the same as saying a "a a lot of of".
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This is incorrect. See the example given for definition #2 under the noun form of the word, and the subsequent "usage discussion": https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/myriad

2 : a great number <a myriad of ideas>

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.
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Met him? Hell, I've had sex with him like, I dunno, billions of times.


You guys are missing out.
 
LogGrad98 said:
The correct usage is "myriad" not "a myriad of". "Myriad" means, colloquially, "a lot of", so saying "a myriad of" is the same as saying a "a a lot of of".
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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.
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https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/myriad
 
To be fair this person explains it well, and shows how to use it in myriad ways, to say a myriad of things.

https://www.dianewordsmith.com/the-...ways-to-use-the-word-myriad-well-at-least-two

I will still contend that without "of" is the correct way, given that it started as a reference to an actual number (10,000) so the oldest usage would not have had a preposition attached (you do not say "a 10,000 of") But either way, this is to me an example of the evolution of language. Just check out Futurama. It won't be long before "axe" is the correct form of "ask".
 
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