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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Million or millions???
I am so confused..I was taught that we can use only million...but I have found many sentences wherer it was written as "millions". Can somebody please tell me the rule? Is there any?
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Hi Anon When used with/as a specific number, use "million": - ten million dollars - four million people If you want to refer very generally to a number that is more than roughly two million or more, you can use "millions": - Millions of dollars were spent. - Millions of people watch that TV show every week. - The number of taxpayers affected was in the millions.
- Hi Anon When used with/as a specific number, use "million": - ten million dollars - four million people If you want to refer very generally to a number that is more than roughly two million or more, you can use "millions": - Millions of dollars were spent.
- - Millions of people watch that TV show every week.
- - The number of taxpayers affected was in the millions.
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Hi Anon
When used with/as a specific number, use "million":
- ten million dollars
- four million people
If you want to refer very generally to a number that is more than roughly two million or more, you can use "millions":
- Millions of dollars were spent.
- Millions of people watch that TV show every week.
- The number of taxpayers affected was in
When used with/as a specific number, use "million":
- ten million dollars
- four million people
If you want to refer very generally to a number that is more than roughly two million or more, you can use "millions":
- Millions of dollars were spent.
- Millions of people watch that TV show every week.
- The number of taxpayers affected was in
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