The phrase "a nay" is not correct and usable in written English.
It appears to be an incorrect or incomplete expression, as "nay" is typically used as a formal term for "no" and does not require the article "a."
Example: "When it came time to vote, she cast a nay."
Alternatives: "a no" or "a negative".
McNulty (D) A A Nay 22. Sweeney (R) Yea Yea Yea 23.
Menendez (D) Nay Nay Nay New York 1. Forbes (D) Nay Nay Nay 2. Lazio (R) Yea Yea Yea 3. King (R) Yea Nay Nay 4. McCarthy (D) Nay Nay Nay 5. Ackerman (D) A A Nay 6. Meeks (D) A A Nay 7. Crowley (D) Nay Nay A 8. Nadler (D) A A Nay 9. Weiner (D) Nay Nay Nay 10.
Approved 59 to 39, July 14. 1 2 3 4 Connecticut Dodd (D) A Nay A Nay Lieberman (D) Yea Nay Nay Nay New Jersey Lautenberg (D) Yea Nay Nay Nay Torricelli (D) Yea Nay Nay Yea New York Moynihan (D) Yea Nay Nay Nay Schumer (D) Yea Nay Nay Nay KEY: (A) Absent or did not vote; (P) Present.
Approved 53 to 47, May 18. 1 2 3 Connecticut Dodd (D) A A Nay Lieberman (D) Yea Yea Yea New Jersey Lautenberg (D) Nay Yea Yea Torricelli (D) Nay Yea Nay New York Moynihan (D) Nay Yea Yea Schumer (D) Nay Yea Yea House 1.
Gilman (R) Nay A Nay Yea 21.
1 2 3 Connecticut Dodd (D) A Yea Nay Lieberman (D) A A A New Jersey Corzine (D) Nay Yea Nay Lautenberg (D) Nay Yea Nay New York Clinton (D) Yea Yea Nay Schumer (D) Nay Yea Nay House 1.
She sounds like a nay-sayer on the fringes of capitalism's degrading free-for-all.
And I wouldn't want always to be a nay-sayer or a chastiser".
And, although Cumberbatch doesn't succeed in making Berenger anything more than a nay-saying cipher, there is a peach of a performance from Jasper Britton as Jean.
He's a nay-saying devotee of Nietszche, is obsessed with flying and has taken a vow of silence until he's accepted by the Air Force Academy.
