[Grammar] Find the mistake and

[nado92]

Find the mistake and write the sentences correctly:
people are leaving in their thousands while going is good.

Will it be ;

the going
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[emsr2d2]

Find the mistake and write the sentences correctly:
people are leaving in their thousands while going is good.

Will it be ;

the going
​

Yes, you're correct. There is only one error ("their thousands" is correct) and you have spotted it!

Of course, there should be a capital letter at the beginning of the sentence, but I'm sure you knew that! :-D

 

[nado92]

Yes, you're correct. There is only one error ("their thousands" is correct) and you have spotted it!

Of course, there should be a capital letter at the beginning of the sentence, but I'm sure you knew that! :-D

Thanks for your hint.
What does this sentence mean especially the first part?

 

[Barb_D]

Is this an American/British difference?

I would never say "in their thousands" but "in the thousands" (or maybe "by the thousand").

 

[bhaisahab]

That's what I was thinking - BE vs AE. In their thousands may be used in some places but I have never heard it.

That's the way we Brits say it.;-)

 

[Barb_D]

That sure makes it a hard test question, then, since Americans would see "their" as a mistake as well!

 

[emsr2d2]

That sure makes it a hard test question, then, since Americans would see "their" as a mistake as well!

Interesting. I didn't realise it wasn't used in AmE.

Certainly, in BrE it's very common. I've been trying to think about the variations on it and came up with:

They're leaving in their thousands.
They're leaving by the thousand.
They're leaving in droves.

All used in BrE, but not "in the thousands" (not in this context, at least).

Oh, what a wonderfully infuriating language! :-D

 

[Barb_D]

What about "The crowd numbered in the thousands."

How would you say that?

(Sorry to hijack the thread, but nano got his answer.)

 

[emsr2d2]

What about "The crowd numbered in the thousands."

How would you say that?

(Sorry to hijack the thread, but nano got his answer.)

Hence why I put "in this context, at least" in my post! Yes, we would say "The crowd numbered in the thousands".

I also thought of "How much does he owe? I'm not sure, but it's in the millions."

As far as I can tell, we only use "in their ..........s" when talking about people/animals on the move (leaving, arriving, fleeing etc).

 

[Barb_D]

Thank you - this is one of the differences I would never have known about if it weren't for this forum!

 

[nado92]

What about "The crowd numbered in the thousands."

How would you say that?

(Sorry to hijack the thread, but nano got his answer.)

No problem.But if nano :lol:got his answer,when will I ,nado,:lol: get my answer?

what does the first part mean?:up:

 

[Barb_D]

No problem.But if nano :lol:got his answer,when will I ,nado,:lol: get my answer?

what does the first part mean?:up:

Oops! Sorry for making that mistake on your name!

To hijack a thread means to take it over for my own purpose, to get the answer to my question, not the question of the original poster (you.) The proper thing to do is to start a new thread with your new question.

However, I didn't feel too bad about doing that since you had the answer to the question you asked originally (the going).