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Cogar

#441177 Sun, 11 Nov 07 06:23 AM

Hello there,

Shoud it be plural or singular

There are/is 0.95 million(s) people living in that city

There are/is 1.28 million(s) people living in that city

Cogar

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Mister Micawber

#441189 Sun, 11 Nov 07 07:08 AM

There are 0.95/1.28 million people. In both cases, there are a lot of people!

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Cogar

#441226 Sun, 11 Nov 07 10:15 AM

Thanks Micawber.

When do you normally use plural? E.g. amperes, kilovolts, kilometers...etc

Mister Micawber wrote:

There are 0.95/1.28 million people. In both cases, there are a lot of people!

Cogar

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Mister Micawber

#441244 Sun, 11 Nov 07 10:48 AM

People is the plural. 1.28 million people / 1.28 million kilometers.

Mister Micawber

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Hoa Thai

#441270 Sun, 11 Nov 07 11:26 AM

Cogar wrote:
Thanks Micawber.

When do you normally use plural? E.g. amperes, kilovolts, kilometers...etc

Mister Micawber wrote:

There are 0.95/1.28 million people. In both cases, there are a lot of people!

Oh! I guess your question is about using 'singular' or 'plural' for a value <= 1 or > 1, right? If so,

<= volt (singular, eg .9 volt);
> 1 volt (plural, eg 1.2 volts);
.1 KV = 100 volts

Take care,
Hoa Thai

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Anonymous

#441288 Sun, 11 Nov 07 11:52 AM

Clive wrote:

Idiomatically, it's written as 0.5 hectares.

If I wrote '0.5 hectare', I'd want to write it as 'a 0.5 hectare'. But I'd prefer to write it as half a hectare, as you did.

From: http://www.englishforums.com/English/ProperWords2/dnchx/Post.htm

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