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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.
5 de ago de 2016 04:40
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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.)
5 de agosto de 2016
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Two thousand people live here.
Plurals for everything here.
5 de agosto de 2016
Just two thousand people .Another expression is thousands of people, without any number.
5 de agosto de 2016
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.
5 de agosto de 2016
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