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How to say correctly: "two thousand of people liveS here" or "two thousands of people livE here"? I have some problem with numerals. How to say correctly: "two thousand of people liveS here" or "two thousands of people livE here"? Thanks.

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Anything countable that's two or more becomes plural. "Two thousand" is already a number, so the plural rule doesn't apply to that. However, the plural you want is "people". "Two thousand people live here." (We never say "two thousand of people" - not in English grammar.)
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Two thousand people live here. Plurals for everything here.
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Just two thousand people .Another expression is thousands of people, without any number.
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The thousands are numbers between 1000 to 1000,000-Your paper should not be more than 3000 thousand words long. A thousand/ Thousands of : Mean a large number - I have a thousand things to do before I go. A thousand people took part in the car race. Two thousand people live here.

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