[Grammar] Three millions of dollars.

[sitifan]

Three millions of dollars have gone into the building of the schools. (A New English Grammar, by Zhang Keli, page 24)
Is the above sentence acceptable to native speakers?

 

[Rover_KE]

It's not acceptable to me.

 

[teechar]

Nor to me. I suspect it's an unintended amalgamation of the set phrase "millions of dollars" with "three million dollars".

 

[sitifan]

The population rose to four millions.
The firm had to pay three millions.
(Zhang Keli, page 24)
Are the above sentences acceptable to native speakers?

 

[Rover_KE]

No, they are not.

Get a better grammar book.

 

[emsr2d2]

This is the second or third thread quoting the same book and all the examples have been wrong. I suggest you throw Zhang Keli's book in the nearest rubbish bin and find a grammar book written by a native speaker.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

This is the second or third thread quoting the same book and all the examples have been wrong. I suggest you throw Zhang Keli's book in the nearest rubbish bin and find a grammar book written by a native speaker.

Or in the words of American writer Dorothy Parker: "This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force."

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Three million dollars have gone into [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] building [STRIKE]of[/STRIKE] the schools. (A New English Grammar, by Zhang Keli, page 24)
Is the above sentence acceptable to native speakers?

See changes.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

The population rose to four million.
The firm had to pay three million.
(Zhang Keli, page 24)
Are the above sentences acceptable to native speakers?

See changes.