To: Eala
THOUSANDS of Iranians?
Taking a deep breath, here.
33 posted on
03/16/2004 12:00:30 PM PST by
Pan_Yans Wife
(Much of your pain is self-chosen. --- Kahlil Gibran)
To: Pan_Yans Wife
I've had a difficult time with the numbers as posted by this outfit. In this instance a native anglophone would interpret the phrase as "a few thousand," but it's not clear what the intent of the writer was. (Another case is the frequent use of "tens of" where we would use "dozens of" or even "scores of.")
37 posted on
03/16/2004 12:18:02 PM PST by
Eala
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