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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Number of X was Large/great

I have this sentence:
the number of people that were gathered was (?).
Not sure what I put in there. Large, great or something els e?
  

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Anonymous T he number of people that were gathered was great . "great" would be correct, but the problem is that we wouldn't say it like that. More idiomatically: A great number of people were gathered there.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous T he number of people that were gathered was great .
  • "great" would be correct, but the problem is that we wouldn't say it like that.
  • More idiomatically: A great number of people were gathered there.
  • CJ
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AnonymousThe number of people that were gathered was great.
"great" would be correct, but the problem is that we wouldn't say it like that. More idiomatically:

A great number of people were gathered there.

CJ
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I'm not sure what you're asking. A large number of people is a great number of people.
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