ed4444
Joined: 12 Oct 2004
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 Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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| thrylos wrote: |
| "Out of a global total of 940 million tourists, the top ten international tourism destinations in 2010 were (see the barometer for the full rankings)" |
Hang on. So if we make one small amendment by removing the text in the below brackets the original text, it becomes accurate!!!
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| The number of tourists (to the island) totaled 940 million last year, and that is expected to rise to 1.6 billion by 2020 |
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Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?
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| Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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| TheUrbanMyth wrote: |
Well it is a bit different. For example their "million" is quite literally 100 ten thousand(s) whereas we use a totally different term from "100 or 10,000"...we say a "million". So they link two everyday numbers together whereas we use a different word to express "million."
That's my theory on it anyway...  |
Not really responding to you, just quoting for reference.
Korean numbers also operate on a four digit block system while English runs on three.
In other words, once you have 999 of something in English, you go up to the next base value (thousand, million, billion), whereas you have to hit 9999 in Korean before hitting a new base value (만, 억, 조). |
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