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Koji from Japan Posted 5 years ago
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The difference between the (number / numbers) of
I found the sentences below. Is ‘number’ correct? I think ‘numbers’ is correct because ‘between’ should be followed by a plural noun.
- There were 50 boys and 48 girls. The difference between the number of boys and girls was small.
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Koji from Japan Is ‘number’ correct? Yes. Koji from Japan I think ‘numbers’ is correct because ‘between’ should be followed by a plural noun.
- Koji from Japan Is ‘number’ correct?
- Yes.
- Koji from Japan I think ‘numbers’ is correct because ‘between’ should be followed by a plural noun.
- Your thinking is sound, and that way is also correct as far as it goes, but we hear "the number of boys and girls" in this context as "the number of boys and (the number of) girls".
- In fact, "numbers" sounds a bit fussy to me.
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Koji from JapanIs ‘number’ correct?
Yes.
Koji from JapanI think ‘numbers’ is correct because ‘between’ should be followed by a plural noun.
Your thinking is sound, and that way is also correct as far as it goes, but we hear "the number of boys and girls" in this context as "the number of boys and (the number of) gi
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