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Diego Simão Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Hundred or hundreds?
There are eighty thousand books in our school library. And I have read_________.
A.some hundred of them B.some hundreds of them.
A.some hundred of them B.some hundreds of them.
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Hi, There are eighty thousand books in our school library. And I have read _________ . some hundreds of them.
- Hi, There are eighty thousand books in our school library.
- And I have read _________ .
- some hundreds of them.
- 'Some' is used in this way to indicate an approximate number.
- Both expressions are OK.
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Hi,
There are eighty thousand books in our school library. And I have read_________.
A.some hundred of them B.some hundreds of them.
'Some' is used in this way to indicate an approximate number. Both expressions are OK.
A means 'roughly/about 100'. B means 'roughly/abou
There are eighty thousand books in our school library. And I have read_________.
A.some hundred of them B.some hundreds of them.
'Some' is used in this way to indicate an approximate number. Both expressions are OK.
A means 'roughly/about 100'. B means 'roughly/abou
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But my Answers-book says that it should be "Some hundred of them". And there is no context.
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Hi,
If your book gives an answer, why are you asking us the question? Presumably, because you want our opinions.
B
If your book gives an answer, why are you asking us the question? Presumably, because you want our opinions.
B
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Diego Simão
There are eighty thousand books in our school library. And I have read_____b____.
A.some hundred of them B.some hundreds of them.
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