- 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
- 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"?
- 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 - 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
- tens of thousands - WordReference Forums
It means that multiple tens of thousands of people are dying It is an approximation to give an idea of the scale of the number, but it would have to be 20,000 or more to be "tens of thousands"
- 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
- two thousands two thousands of | WordReference Forums
Hi, This is from my student's exercise paper: The volunteers sent more than _____ crayons to Guangming Junior High School A Two thousand B Two thousands C two thousands of I think A is correct, while my student said C is I wonder if you can help me Thanks a lot
- $0,000s and $0,000s | WordReference Forums
Hi What does $0,000s and $0,000's mean? Are they the same? Do they mean "thousands of dollars?" I wonder why four digits "0" is used?
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