[General] An amazing seven weeks.

[beachboy]

https://www.songfacts.com/facts/the-chordettes/mr-sandman

"Mr. Sandman" was written by song-writer Pat Ballard and first recorded by The Chordettes. It became the first hit for them, staying at #1 for an amazing seven weeks in 1954 and launching their career. The Chordettes eventually went on to peek into the Top-40 nine times total.

Why the article an in "an amazing seven weeks"?

 

[5jj]

The amazing time is seen as a (singular) period of seven weeks.

 

[Rover_KE]

... went on to [STRIKE]peek[/STRIKE] peak ...

 

[beachboy]

The amazing time is seen as a (singular) period of seven weeks.

Would it be wrong to drop this an?

 

[Rover_KE]

Yes.

 

[emsr2d2]

If I wrote "I spent amazing seven weeks in Spain", I think you would recognise it as wrong. If you remove "an", you have to rearrange the words to "I spent seven amazing weeks ...". However, that has a different meaning.

... seven amazing weeks = seven weeks that were all amazing
... an amazing seven weeks = an amazing period of time, that happened to last for seven weeks

 

[Tdol]

Would it be wrong to drop this an?

It also compares this feat to other records that have been at the top- few will have managed a period this long.

 

[jutfrank]

... went on to [STRIKE]peek[/STRIKE] peak ...

I also thought so at first, but I do now think that the writer did intend to say peek (to peek into the Top 40 nine times).

 

[Tdol]

It peaked once, and peeked again and again.