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Hundred, thousand, million

HUNDRED / THOUSAND / MILLION

1. HUNDRED and THOUSAND are invariant when the number is definite / ascertained.

Ex. : There are two hundred candidates.

Three thousand people died during this war.

Four million three thousand men.

A hundred miles away

                      A thousand years

One thousand million(s)

2. BUT not in other cases (+ of):

Ex. : Hundreds of thousands of birds migrated south last week.

3. MILLION / MILLIONS:

You can say both:

Ex. : two million women ... OR: Two millions of women

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2. A few thousandthousand ofthousandsI don't know years ago, the volcano was still showing signs of activity.

3. It might cost you several hundredshundred ofhundredI don't know euros to have your car repaired.

4. More than two hundredhundredshundred ofI don't know wild green budgerigars have been spotted in inner-London.

5. thousandsthousand ofthousands ofI don't know students had sat the exam but only two hundreds ofhundredhundred ofI don't know them passed it.

6. hundreds ofhundredshundred ofI don't know people are demonstrating in the streets.

7. Some thousandthousandsthousand ofI don't know years ago, people could never have imagined all the changes that have taken place.

8. Three hundreds thousandhundred thousandhundred thousandsI don't know soldiers participated in the battle.

9. One mile is equivalent to thousand six hundredsone thousand six hundredone thousand six hundredsI don't know and nine metres. (1.609 m.)

10. Hundreds of consumersconsumerconsumersI don't know fell ill after eating this cheese.

11. This star receives thousandsthousand ofthousands ofI don't know letters each year from admirers.