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Columbus Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

various or numerous

Dear friends,

Construction and development involve various or numerous parties namely the clients, project managers, consultants, contractors etc.

Which one should take precedence - various or numerous ?
  

Top answer

Just choose one. The two of them create a redundancy.

— Mister Micawber

  • Just choose one.
  • The two of them create a redundancy.
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Just choose one. The two of them create a redundancy.
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In this sentence, better use numerous or various ?
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either, depending on the emphasis you wish to put over.

The number of other parties - use numerous

The variety of other parties - use various.
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I would prefer using various because your talking about a variety of things. It would sound better for the sentence.
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