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Mon 5 Jul, 2010 06:47 pm
LOS ANGELES, May 1 — Hundreds of thousands of immigrants and their supporters skipped work, school and shopping on Monday and marched in dozens of cities from coast to coast.
Can dozens mean 20 t0 30? or about 40? or more?
A dozen is twelve, no more, no less. Therefore, dozens means multiples of twelve--24, 36, 48, 60, 72, etc. This is a common usage in English to suggest many of any given thing.
@fansy,
Quote:dozens of cities from coast to coast.
colloquially i'd use 'dozens of' to refer to any number greater than or equal to 36
they must have been tuckered out what with marching from coast to coast
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