💡Using numbers➡️Day, month, minute, mile, kilo etc. are always SINGULAR when used (with a number) i

💡Using numbers➡️Day, month, minute, mile, kilo etc. are always SINGULAR when used (with a number) immediately before a noun: "a six-minute wait", "a ten-second silence", "a five-mile race"Examples⤵️➡️My travel agent had arranged a 6-day coach tour➡️The company provides a three-month training course——————➡️When you say 100, 1000, etc, or write these numbers in words, use a hundred, a thousand (WITH a) Examples⤵️✅ The palace was build a thousand years ago❌ The palace was build 1000 years ago➡️For emphasis or to be exact, it is possible to use one instead of a Examples⤵️✅ I am one hundred percent against the idea❌ I am a hundred percent against the idea——————➡️After a/one/five/twelve etc. the words hundred, thousand, etc. are always SINGULAR and are NOT followed by OFExamples⤵️➡️Five hundred children are born in the city every day➡️More than three thousand people were there➡️Similarly, of is NOT used after 100, 250, 3000 etc:Example⤵️➡️If you kill 200 whales a year, they will soon disappear ——————➡️Hundreds (of), thousands (of) etc. are used only when you give a general idea of how many or how muchExamples⤵️➡️There were hundreds of stars in the sky➡️They've spent thousands (of pounds) on improvements to the house Sharing is caring ⭐Telegram | Vocabulary | Voxi 📚 | Web-Site🌐