english grammar question?

Question

whice sentense makes more sense ???

Behind an every great woman a great man .... blah blah blah

or

Behind every great woman a great man .... blah blah blah

Note: what i wanna know is that does ( An ) fit in the first sentence and if it doesn't i wanna know why.

thanks for your help

Answer 1

"An" and "Every" are both quantitative adjectives.

You can't put two quantitative adjectives together.

"An" is an article that implies just one single thing. "Every" is an adjective that implies a totality, or each one in a series or collection.

"An" can be placed ONLY in front of a noun, meaning a person, place, or thing. The only exception is when you place a 'descriptive' adjective right in front of the noun.

"An exceptional woman" would work, since 'exceptional' is descriptive.

"An every woman" would not work, since 'every' is quantitative.

Answer 2

The second sentence without a doubt is the correct one. The word 'an' just doesn't fit into the sentence.When you say nehind EVERY, you are talking about many women, but if you were talking about just one woman, you would say, 'behind A great woman....'. The word 'EVERY' is used for plural and the word 'AN' is singular. Understand? :-)

Answer 3

the an doesn't belong there. Because it gives importance to the every.

And the quote is "behind every great man is a woman."