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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Article use

Is the article optional or required?

I told you 'a' hundred times ....
I told you 'a' thousand times ....

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required

— Clive

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Cliverequired
Thanks a lot. Also, is 'of' optional or wrong after 'hundred'?
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Also, is 'of' optional or wrong after 'hundred'?

I told you a hundred times, of is wrong.


I told you hundreds of times of is required.
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CliveAlso, is 'of' optional or wrong after 'hundred'? I told you a hundred times, of is wrong. I told you hundreds of times of is required.
I see, thanks. So would the same thing apply if I altered the hundred sentence as the other one, and thus the use of 'of'?
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CliveAlso, is 'of' optional or wrong after 'hundred'? I told you a hundred times, of is wrong. I told you hundreds of times of is required.
Sorry for the confusion. I meant to ask would the same apply to 'thousands'?
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Cliveyes
Great, Thank you very much!
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