Sentence examples for a fools from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a fools" is not correct in written English.
It should be "a fool's" to indicate possession or "fools" if referring to multiple individuals without possession.
Example: "He acted like a fool's errand, wasting everyone's time."
Alternatives: "a foolish person's" or "fools' actions".

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Reading into judicial opinions is always a bit of a fools' game.

The former News of the World deputy editor and self-appointed groomer of future Scotland Yard chieftains is a Fools and Horses sort of bloke: funny, plausible, resilient.

"The older you get, the more you realise what a fools' errand much of that is and that the thing to do is to manage the best you can to the advantage of as many people as possible".

Bicycle is where the Stone Roses might have arrived had they focused on a Fools Gold future; it's that fluid and funky, while the plangent guitar-break is pure mid-period New Order.

In this instance it is a tour of characters and attitudes in a Mexican literary scene that is a fools' carnival of futility; one that Bolaño uses to suggest a more general futility of such scenes in Latin America and beyond.

Appearing on CNN's State of the Union, McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, said problems surrounding the rollout of Obamacare, which were acknowledged on Sunday by the treasury secretary, Jack Lew, would have been a bigger story if conservative Republicans had not staged a "fools errand" in their efforts to defund the law through shutting down the federal government.

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A fool, a little fool".

"She's a fool.

Such a fool.

You're a fool".

What a fool!

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