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Teo
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 Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 8:27 pm Post subject: several hundreds of |
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What is the difference between the following two examples?
1. several hundreds of students
2. several hundred students
Does sentence #1 imply greater uncertainty than sentence #2?
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CP
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| Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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You will hear "hundreds of students" or "several hundred students," but never "several hundreds of students," at least in my experience. Maybe others have different views.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 12:09 pm Post subject: |
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