SEVERAL HUNDRED vs. HUNDREDS   数百の VS. 何百もの

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When there are a lot of something, and you want to say roughly how many there are, you can use expressions such as a couple hundred, a few thousand, several million, etc.

When you want to say roughly how many of something there are and, at the same time, EMPHASIZE THAT THERE ARE A LOT, you can use expressions such as hundreds, thousands, millions, etc. (that is, several hundred/thousand/million, etc., in other words A LOT). 

We can also say tens of thousands (for example, a number somewhere between 30,000 and 100,000), hundreds of millions, etc.

(Be careful [1]: Although we say hundreds, thousands, etc., adding an "-s" to the number, we do NOT add an "-s" in expressions such as a few hundred, several thousand, etc.)

(Be careful [2]: We do NOT usually say "tens" to mean, for example, more than 40 but less than 100. To learn what expression should be used in this case, see tomorrow's WordMaster, "DOZEN"

数が多いときに、どのくらいあるかおおざっぱに言いたい場合、a couple hundred (二、三百の)、a few thousand(数千の)、several million (数百万の)のように言うことができます。

おおざっぱに数を言うと同時に、数が多いという意味を強調したい場合、hundreds (何百もの)、thousands(何千もの)、millions (何百万もの)などと言うことができます。

他に tens of thousands (何万もの、例として3万から10万の間ぐらい)、hundreds of millions (何億もの)のような表現もあります。

注意1:hundredsthousands などと言うときには -s をつけますが、
a few hundredseveral thousand などのときには -s をつけません。

注意2:例えば40より多く100未より少ない数をさす場合、tens とは言いません。どのように言えばいいかは、明日のWordMaster "DOZEN" をお楽しみに。
 
 
1.a:How many people do you think will be at the banquet?
b:At least a couple hundred.
2.Several thousand cars pass through this intersection every hour.
3.A few million books, magazines, and journals are available to students at the Harvard University libraries.
4.You can read thousands of newspapers from around the world on the Internet these days.
5.There are billions of stars in the universe.
6.(newspaper headline)
"Tens of thousands march in the U.S. and Europe against war!"
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