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Cogar Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

1.25 million(s)

Hello there,

Shoud it be plural or singular

There are/is 0.95 million(s) people living in that city

There are/is 1.28 million(s) people living in that city
  

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28 million people. In both cases, there are a lot of people!

  • 28 million people.
  • In both cases, there are a lot of people!
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There are 0.95/1.28 million people. In both cases, there are a lot of people!
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Thanks Micawber.

When do you normally use plural? E.g. amperes, kilovolts, kilometers...etc
Mister MicawberThere are 0.95/1.28 million people. In both cases, there are a lot of people!

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People is the plural. 1.28 million people / 1.28 million kilometers.
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CogarThanks Micawber.

When do you normally use plural? E.g. amperes, kilovolts, kilometers...etc

Mister MicawberThere are 0.95/1.28 million people. In both cases, there are a lot of people!

Oh! I guess your question is about using 'singular' or 'plural' for a value <= 1
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CliveIdiomatically, it's written as 0.5 hectares.

If I wrote '0.5 hectare', I'd want to write it as 'a 0.5 hectare'. But I'd prefer to write it as half a hectare, as you did.
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both are in million, use millions like mega millions. we could not use hundred in 2 hundreds, thousand for 2 thousands for example

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