Note 40.1 — Front matter

alguna de esas miradas. The grammars do not note this curious use of the singular of alguno in a distributive or plural sense. It is paralleled by the Italian alcuno (e.g. c'era alcuno presente che diceva). Cf. in Spanish the similar use of tanto: al ver tanto libro, "on seeing so many books." In English the use of "many a," "many a man," etc., is somewhat analogous.