Thousand or thousands
Hello,
So today I ran across a problem: For example, when you have a sentence:
I earn 2 thousand dollars a month. - The word "thousand" here doesn't take a plural here.
There were thousands of people at the party. - Here the word "thousand" is plural because you are saying that there were x thousand people.
When you have a question: "How many thousand/s are there in a million?" should there be plural or singular?
Could you explain it?
Thank you for your help
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olive grape 876 I earn 2 thousand dollars a month. - The word "thousand" here doesn't take a plural here. That is because "thousand" is an attributive noun, also called a noun adjunct.
- olive grape 876 I earn 2 thousand dollars a month.
- - The word "thousand" here doesn't take a plural here.
- That is because "thousand" is an attributive noun, also called a noun adjunct.
- It modifies another noun - dollars .
- Noun adjuncts are singular.
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olive grape 876I earn 2 thousand dollars a month. - The word "thousand" here doesn't take a plural here.
That is because "thousand" is an attributive noun, also called a noun adjunct. It modifies another noun - dollars.
Noun adjuncts are singular.
e.g.
The horse can jump a six-foot fence.
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