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Rule "Maybe you've read a hundred (hundreds) of books"

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Description: Maybe you've read a hundred (hundreds) of books
Message: This noun should be plural in this context.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Maybe you’ve read a hundred of books on a certain topic and know more about it than most.
    Correction suggestion: hundreds
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: HUNDRED_OF_PLURAL [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-09-07 16:45:23 +0000)