Why do we say a million?

The word is derived from the early Italian millione (milione in modern Italian), from mille, “thousand”, plus the augmentative suffix -one. The meaning of the word “million” is common to the short scale and long scale numbering systems, unlike the larger numbers, which have different names in the two systems.

Is reasons plural?

The noun reason can be countable or uncountable. In more general, commonly used, contexts, the plural form will also be reason. However, in more specific contexts, the plural form can also be reasons e.g. in reference to various types of reasons or a collection of reasons.

Are the reasons or is the reasons?

The correct grammar is to make the verb singular (is) because the Subject (one) is singular. The big trap is that people mistakenly make the verb plural because they think that “reasons: (plural) is the SUBJECT. It is not! “One of the reasons is….” is the correct phrase.

Is it correct to say my own?

Writing ‘my own + noun’ is redundant. ‘My’ already indicates possession and should be used by itself. Incorrect example: That is my own dog. Correct example: That is my dog.

Is there a plural for million?

Word forms: millionslanguage note: The plural form is million after a number, or after a word or expression referring to a number, such as ‘several’ or ‘a few. ‘ A million or one million is the number 1,000,000.

Why is million not plural?

I received emails from two people last week asking about the word million. Both people asked the same question: ”What is the plural of million? The answer is that million, like the words hundred, thousand and billion, has two possible plural endings.

What is correct reason of or reason for?

English – U.S. It is always a reason for something, not a reason of something.

Is reason behind correct?

Also, reason would usually be followed by for, rather than behind. Both are correct.

Is it wrong to say the reason why?

The phrase reason why is not correct. Since the word reason itself explains the question why, it becomes unnecessary to avoid using the latter after the former. This is just like how people say discuss about, which too uses the preposition unnecessarily.

Is the reason why wrong?

Yes, “the reason why” and “the reason is because” are redundant — guilty as charged. In “the reason why,” why is a conjunction linking the noun reason to the phrase “you took my book.” (Equivalent usage includes the phrases “the place where” and “the time when.”) But because is a conjunction, too.

Is it millions or is it a million?

Is it millions, or is it million (without ‘s’)?” The answer is that million, like the words hundred, thousand and billion, has two possible plural endings. Sometimes we say million, sometimes millions.

What is the plural of million in French?

Millier, million et milliard sont des noms et non des adjectifs. Ils ne font pas vraiment partie du nombre et laissent place à l’accord : Millier (a word meaning “about a thousand”), million (106) and milliard (109) are nouns and not adjectives. They are not really part of the number and should be inflected: The plural starts at 2. We write:

Is there anything wrong with many millions?

There’s nothing wrong with many millions— you are contrasting the amount with a few millions. It’s more likely to be used with money, I think, than distance: “The country has spent many millions of pounds repairing roads”, and the value comes somewhere between a few million poundsand hundreds of millions of pounds.

Is the word “million upon millions” redundant?

Despite being seemingly redundant due to using the same word twice, Millions upon millionsisn’t entirely inconsiderable form, and it seems quite redundant, at least in form, although I suppose in a strict sense, it might mean no less than four million and implies many more. – Tonepoet Mar 28 ’17 at 16:47