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Rule "hundreds of thousand (thousands of) users"

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Description: hundreds of thousand (thousands of) users
Message: To describe a large number approximately, write \1 \2 thousands of.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/course/intermediate/unit-25/session-1
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Now, hundreds of thousand people use LanguageTool.
    Correction suggestion: hundreds of thousands of
  • Tens of thousand books are in this library.
    Correction suggestion: Tens of thousands of
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Now, hundreds of thousands of people use LanguageTool.
  • Now, a hundred thousand people use LanguageTool.
  • Ten thousand books are in this library.
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ID: HUNDREDS_OF_THOUSAND [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-09-26 16:45:37 +0000)