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Bookmark or Share- two thousands OR two thousand | WordReference ForumsTalking about pure numbers, we can also use plurals: 'the total is somewhere in the two thousands' = it's somewhere between 2000 and 2999, but I'm not sure where. We talk about 'the low two thousands' (2000 to perhaps about 2300) and 'the low thousands' (somewhere over 1000 to about 3000, but not a larger number of thousands).
- two thousands/two thousands of | WordReference ForumsHi, 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
- Thousand/ thou/ thsd - WordReference ForumsIn the metric system, a kiloton is a unit so you can say 123 kilotons or 123 kt. 123,000 hectares is 12,300,000 ares (a hectare is 100 (hect- means 100) ares) so if the metric system was as scientifically ordered as advertised this should be 12.3 megaares(?) or 12.3 ma.
- hundreds of thousands of | WordReference ForumsUnlike Julian I think "hundreds of thousands" are often used even when the "hundreds" amount to 12 or 15 or a bit more. For me, "hundreds of thousands" could exceed one million, but not approach two million at which point people would naturally say "millions".
- 100 thousand or 100,000? - WordReference Forumssingle number of thousands and tens of thousands, 8 thousand, 80 thousand - 8,000, 80,000 But do use it for hundreds of thousands where the number ends in zero or five - 100 thousand, 125 thousand but not commonly for other numbers: 782 thousand. 782,000
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