Plurals in cardinal numbers

AnonymousCan anybody explain what is the amount in the above? (example:
“Thousands” means any number from “1001 to 9999”?) No, '20,000' is thousands.

"hundreds of thousands" means from 200,000 to 999,999. Add one more and you have a million.

AnonymousCan anybody explain what is the amount in the above?

None of these is meant to be very accurate. When you see an expression like "hundreds of dollars", it just means a number of dollars that is most conveniently measured in hundreds (as opposed to thousands, say).

hundreds of years ~ two, three, four, ..., nine hundred years
thousands of

CalifJim None of these is meant to be very accurate. When you see an expression like "hundreds of dollars", it just means a number of dollars that is most conveniently measured in hundreds (as opposed to thousands, say).hundreds of years ~ two, three, four, ..., nine hundred yearsthousands of dollars ~ two, three, four, ..., nine thousand dollarsdozens of victims ~ two,

canadian45they won't say "hundreds of thousands" for amounts significantly over a million.

No. That wouldn't be convenient.

CJ

canadian45 ... '20,000' is thousands. "hundreds of thousands" means from 200,000 to 999,999. Add one more and you have a million.A thousand thousands is a million.

Let me be clear. Are the following correct?
“20,000-99,999” can be expressed as either “thousands” or “tens of thousands”?
“200,000-999,999” can be expressed as either “thousands” or “hund

englishcrazyLet me be clear. Are the following correct?
“20,000-99,999” should be only expressed as either “thousands” or“tens of thousands”?“
200,000-999,999” should be only

Hi,

Let me be clear.

Always a good idea. But I think you may be seeking too great a degree of precision in these rather unclear and vague expressions.

Clive