Thread: Number Blunder!
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Old 17-Mar-2008, 10:16
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Default Re: Number Blunder!
'thousands of' leaves it wide open, as in 'thousands of people gathered to celebrate.." we don't know whether this is 3, or 20, or what. The same with ' people in their thousands..'

'several thousand' implies more than two, but not many - something between 3 and 5.
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