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Christanford Posted 17 years ago
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10000 of people

Hi,

Wildfires were raging on the outskirts of Athens today, destroying homes and forcing 10,000 of people to flee.

Does "10000 of people" mean "10000 people" or "tens of thousands of people"?
If it's the former, can I remove "of"?

Thanks in advance
  

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Hi, Wildfires were raging on the outskirts of Athens today, destroying homes and forcing 10,000 of people to flee. The 'of' is incorrect here. ie 'forcing 10,000 people to .

— Clive

  • Hi, Wildfires were raging on the outskirts of Athens today, destroying homes and forcing 10,000 of people to flee.
  • The 'of' is incorrect here.
  • ie 'forcing 10,000 people to .
  • ' You could say '.
  • forcing thousands of people to .
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Hi,

Wildfires were raging on the outskirts of Athens today, destroying homes and forcing 10,000 of people to flee.

The 'of' is incorrect here. ie 'forcing 10,000 people to . . '

You could say '. . forcing thousands of people to . . '

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Does "100 of people" mean "100 people" or "tens of thousands of people"?
If it's the former, can I remove
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