Meaning
"Tens of thousands of families in England are being forced to wait for more than a decade to move into social housing, analysis has revealed for the first time, as the number of social homes dwindles to a record low."
I read this article in a newspaper but l don't understand the meaning of the red words. Does it mean that it's" just ten thousand families" or it has another meaning? Can anyone explain?
Faithfully,
Nguyen
Top answer
At any one time, the number of families varies between 10,000 and 100,000.
- At any one time, the number of families varies between 10,000 and 100,000.
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At any one time, the number of families varies between 10,000 and 100,000.
0Nguyen Ly"Tens of thousands
"Ten" is plural, so all of the following are covered:
two X ten thousand = twenty thousand
three X ten thousand = thirty thousand
four X ten thousand = forty thousand
...
ten X ten thousand = one hundred thousand
Normally it stops here...
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