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Rule "a hundreds (hundred)"

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Description: a hundreds (hundred)
Message: Possible agreement error. Consider using: \1 \2.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • A hundreds people were in the store.
    Correction suggestion: A hundred
  • One millions ants were on the ground.
    Correction suggestion: One million
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • The dinosaurs began dying either thousands or millions of years ago.
  • The thousands of students on campus when protesting.
  • It would go up to 21 millions by 1966.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: A_HUNDREDS [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-18 22:33:07 +0200)