I am dreading dreadlocks.

[James L]

You can't have a myriad.

Okay, so let's suppose you have a pyramid of apples. Is that equivalent to a myriad?

And suppose you had a pyramid of apples, which noun would qualify the other? Would it be a pyramid made from apples would it be apples stacked into the shape of a pyramid?

 

[rambojoe]

I just wish I could still grow enough hair to consider dreadlocks.
Maybe a myriad of dreadlocks!

Well, can you rip on guitar or something instead?

 

[zbang]

You can't have a myriad.

Why not? It's the "of" in there that changes the word from being an adjective to a noun ("a myriad of choices" or "myriad choices"- first is a noun, second is an adjective).

Anyway, I've yet to find a dictionary that doesn't include a noun form of myriad.

 

[Hv&Lv]

I just wish I could still grow enough hair to consider dreadlocks.
Maybe a myriad of dreadlocks!

You are not alone.
there are a lot of us of that are, to be politically correct, folically challenged…

 

[winnie]

Talk to a set theorist. You can certainly have 'a thousand'.

I think that numbers can both be nouns in their own right or adjectives when they describe something else. But I'm not sure. 'Flock' is not an adjective. You can have 'A flock'. But in the phrase 'flock of sheep' I'm not sure what part of speech 'flock' is.

-Jon

 

[wwhitney]

But in the phrase 'flock of sheep' I'm not sure what part of speech 'flock' is.

It's a noun. "of sheep" is an adjectival prepositional phrase. of is a preposition, and sheep is a noun.

Cheers, Wayne

 

[gadfly56]

Okay, so let's suppose you have a pyramid of apples. Is that equivalent to a myriad?

And suppose you had a pyramid of apples, which noun would qualify the other? Would it be a pyramid made from apples would it be apples stacked into the shape of a pyramid?

That's an example of a noun acting as an adjective, like "basketball coach", "highway robbery", or "painting exhibition". Pyramid is the adjective in your case. But, you can also have just a "pyramid" or just "apples". One doesn't often talk of just a "myriad". There is always some noun to which it is connected, however weakly.

 

[James L]

"basketball coach", "highway robbery", or "painting exhibition".

You're forgetting "of" in each of those examples, which can change the meaning, and change whether it's a noun or adjective.

Highway robbery is a whole lot different from highway OF robbery.

Basketball coach is a noun and adjective
Coach OF basketball is two nouns.

Painting exhibition is a noun and adjective
Exhibition OF paintings is two nouns

Pyramid is the adjective in your case.

If we said "apple pyramid" then apple would be the adjective. Pyramid OF apples is two nouns

 

[winnie]

I think wwhitney hit it on the head. 'of' makes it a prepositional phrase. Basket of apples. Apples is a noun, but 'of apples' is an adjective describing the basket.

This would make a myriad of guesses: myriad is a noun, guesses is a plural noun, and 'of guesses' is an adjectival prepositional phrase formed from that plural noun.

Do I get an apple? Or at least my hair back?

-Jon

 

[hillbilly1]

I just wish I could still grow enough hair to consider dreadlocks.
Maybe a myriad of dreadlocks!

I supposedly bought some hair extensions, if I just had enough hair to attach them to! (My CC got hacked, even bought an expensive makeup kit!) LOL!

 

[qcroanoke]

That's an example of a noun acting as an adjective, like "basketball coach", "highway robbery", or "painting exhibition". Pyramid is the adjective in your case. But, you can also have just a "pyramid" or just "apples". One doesn't often talk of just a "myriad". There is always some noun to which it is connected, however weakly.

This is why I despised English class in school........