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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Strong

and the crowd that filled the stadium was more than 80,000 strong.

Hi,
Does strong modify 80,000?
Is it optional?
  

Top answer

I think that the word strong modifies crowd. Yes, it is optional.

— Neeraj Jain

  • I think that the word strong modifies crowd.
  • Yes, it is optional.
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I think that the word strong modifies crowd. Yes, it is optional.
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Hi, NJ.
Not that I disagree with you, but after seeing your post, I checked it on Cambridge, which I should've done before I started the thread, and I found that strong means 'in number' in http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=79032&dict=CALD. Could this usage be
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