Expression: "Those simple steps became giant's strides"

[Tom]

Hi

Could you please tell me if "a" is required before "giant"?

[Haihao]

Purely grammatically, I feel it should go as follows:

1. "Those simple steps became a giant's strides."
2. "Those simple steps became giants' strides."

Haihao

[lost_soul]

Hi, dudes
Dont you forget the Grammar?
After the plural form of any countable noun we do not use a

Therefore: Those simple steps became giant's strides

Do native speakers support my opinion?
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[Ahmadov]

[lost_soul]

[Ahmadov]

I did not mean you are wrong, I just said I did not know about that. I hope one of the teachers will tell us the truth about it. As for me, I think the indefinite article should be there, i.e. "a giant"...
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[NinaZara]

Hello,

I think Alan mentioned something about what is countable or not before in one of the posts (correct me if I'm wrong).

It really depends on how you look at it. If you see the "those simple groups" as one group, I guess you can refer to it as "a giant's strides". Or if you look at the "giant's strides" as a group of strides, I guess you can use "a" here.

Just my two cents.

Nina
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[Tom]

Hello

Could any native speaker please answer the question?

Thanks

Tom

[Yankee]

Hi Tom

I agree with Haihao's take.

Saying "a giant's strides" means "the strides of a giant".
You should include the word 'a'.

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