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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Multitude vs. multitudes

In the following sentence, should multitude be multitudes?

"My perusal was interrupted by the dimming of the multitude of lights."

A brief explanation as to why or why not would be much appreciated. Thank you.
  

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Hi, In a context like this, either word is OK. The meaning is just 'a very large number of lights'. [ The word 'perusal' is not very common in everyday, casual English.

  • Hi, In a context like this, either word is OK.
  • The meaning is just 'a very large number of lights'.
  • [ The word 'perusal' is not very common in everyday, casual English.
  • ] Clive.
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Hi,

In a context like this, either word is OK. The meaning is just 'a very large number of lights'.

[ The word 'perusal' is not very common in everyday, casual English. ]

Clive.

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