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What is the plural form of million?

What is the plural form of million?

The plural form of million is millions.

Do you say 2 million or 2 millions?

As the plot shows, “two millions” has long been the standard expression. However, starting around 1850, its usage declined while “two million” rose in popularity. Around 1920, “two million” became the new norm, and today “two millions” is rarely used, except by traditionalists like Gordon Brown.

Can I say millions?

The answer is that million, like the words hundred, thousand and billion, has two possible plural endings. Sometimes we say million, sometimes millions.

HOW DO YOU USE million in a sentence?

  1. [S] [T] Thanks a million. ( CK)
  2. [S] [T] I have 13 million dollars. ( CK)
  3. [S] [T] I have a million questions. ( CK)
  4. [S] [T] I have three million dollars. (
  5. [S] [T] Tom wanted a million dollars. (
  6. [S] [T] This is worth one million yen. (
  7. [S] [T] Tom felt like a million bucks. (
  8. [S] [T] I wish I had a million dollars. (
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What’s the difference between million and millions?

You say a, one, two, several, etc. million without a final ‘s’ on ‘million’. Millions (of…) can be used if there is no number or quantity before it. Always use a plural verb with million or millions, except when an amount of money is mentioned: Four million (people) were affected.

Is half a million grammatically correct?

It is “Half a million” or “a half million”, with no hyphens. I would be more likely to write “five hundred thousand”. “Half a million” is really an interpretation of 500,000, not actually the representation of the number in front of you in words.

Is a million dollar correct?

Thanks for the A2A. When you are talking about an amount of money, it is “a million dollars” wit the “s” on the end because it is more than one dollar, but if you are describing something, such as “a million-dollar home” it is singular, without the “s” on the end. A million dollars or a million dollar can be used.

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Is it correct to say 1000 million?

1,000,000,000 (one billion, short scale; one thousand million or milliard, yard, long scale) is the natural number following 999,999,999 and preceding 1,000,000,001. One billion can also be written as b or bn. 1,000,000,000 is also the cube of 1000.

How do you use 2 million in a sentence?

Rule 1. Spell out all numbers beginning a sentence. Examples: Twenty-three hundred sixty-one victims were hospitalized.

What is the meaning of a million times?

millionfold
a million times – by a factor of a million; “it increased a millionfold”

How do you say 1.5 million in English?

1.5 million in numbers is 1,500,000. The number 1 million in numbers is 1,000,000.

What do you call someone with half a million?

single-word-requests. If someone who has a million of a particular currency is called a millionaire, and someone with a billion is called a billionaire what do you call someone with a thousand?