- two thousands OR two thousand - WordReference Forums
But if you said ''thousands of people', that would be correct Thank you These simple and clear explanations are always very useful But, how about "the years two thousand"? Is it correct or, in this particular case, it would be preferable to use the plural version "the years two thousands"?
- thousand or thousands of - WordReference Forums
It would be "a thousand" or "thousands of", but not "thousand of" The same is true for other numbered groupings: a dozen dozens of a score scores of a hundred hundreds of a milllion millions of The "thousand" here is a single group "Thousands" are multiple instances of a thousand If you have a thousand, you do not have more than one thousand, so you cannot talk about groups of
- hundreds of thousands - WordReference Forums
I searched the meaning of "thousands" and "hundreds" hundredsThe numbers from 100 to 999 (Lexico Dictionary) thousands The numbers from one thousand to 9,999 so I got to wonder in "hundreds of thousands", what if it's 999(hundreds) of 9,999(thousands) then it becomes approximately 10million
- hundreds of thousands of - WordReference Forums
Hi, Is "hundreds of thousands of " a set phrase meanings numerous? Or does it mean a number between 200 thousand and 999 thousand? Thanks a lot
- tens of thousands of - WordReference Forums
Devon British English Apr 18, 2022 #4 the tens of thousand people tens of thousand people tens of thousands of people But if you write complete sentences your question might be clearer
- thousands of years - WordReference Forums
Thousands of years (thousands is a plural noun) is more than 2,000 years and less than 10,000 years I don't think either would ensure that the reader received the idea of six to seven thousand years The first is too small and the second is too wide
- hundreds of thousands of millions of people - WordReference Forums
When Orwell wrote this, we (in BE) would talk about a thousand million, or any number of thousand million Nowadays, we call a thousand million a billion So, in modern terms, 'hundreds of thousands of millions' would be 'hundreds of billions ' In other words, a huge number
- thousands or thousand - WordReference Forums
hello, what's the difference between thousand and thousands? for example, do you say "thousands things" or "thousand thing"? I don't quite get what it changes sometimes I find "thousands of things", either 10gamberi
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