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Tens of thousands
When it comes to phrases like 1. "tens of thousands of people" , 2. "several tens of thousands of years" , 3. " hunderds of hundreds people",.... What magnitude should I interpret? How many are they approximately?
1. 2. between ten thousand and a hundred thousand?
3. at the scale of ten thousand?
Is there a way to say "a few tens"? Thank you very much.
1. 2. between ten thousand and a hundred thousand?
3. at the scale of ten thousand?
Is there a way to say "a few tens"? Thank you very much.
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Those phrases are meant to be a little vague, but I would interpret-- and I stress that this is MY FEELING ONLY of ESTIMATED numbers: 'tens of thousands' -- 20,000-90,000 'several tens of thousands' -- 40,000-150,000 'hundreds of thousands' -- 200,000-900,000 X 'hundreds of hundreds' -- I have never heard this one, but 'hundreds and hundreds' would be 500-1500 'a few score' -- 60-160 That's the best I can do; I'll bet we get umpteen other opinions on this one.
- Those phrases are meant to be a little vague, but I would interpret-- and I stress that this is MY FEELING ONLY of ESTIMATED numbers: 'tens of thousands' -- 20,000-90,000 'several tens of thousands' -- 40,000-150,000 'hundreds of thousands' -- 200,000-900,000 X 'hundreds of hundreds' -- I have never heard this one, but 'hundreds and hundreds' would be 500-1500 'a few score' -- 60-160 That's the best I can do; I'll bet we get umpteen other opinions on this one.
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Those phrases are meant to be a little vague, but I would interpret-- and I stress that this is MY FEELING ONLY of ESTIMATED numbers:
'tens of thousands' -- 20,000-90,000
'several tens of thousands' -- 40,000-150,000
'hundreds of thousands' -- 200,000-900,000
X 'hundreds of hundreds' -- I have never heard this one, but 'hundreds and hundreds'
'tens of thousands' -- 20,000-90,000
'several tens of thousands' -- 40,000-150,000
'hundreds of thousands' -- 200,000-900,000
X 'hundreds of hundreds' -- I have never heard this one, but 'hundreds and hundreds'
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