Šta misliš koja je od ove dve rečenice tačna?
Ukoliko misliš da je prva – dobro misliš, ali pogledaj ove primere i razmisli šta je tačno?
The government spent ten millions dollars on education last year, ili:
The government spent ten millions dollars on education last year?
More than two thousands people were at the concert, ili
More than two thousand people were at the concert?
There were thousands of people at the concert, ili
There were a thousand of people at the concert?
The house cost only one hundred thousands dollars,
The house cost only one hundreds thousands dollars, ili
The house cost only one hundred thousand dollars.
Verovatno primećuješ da ne stavljamo -s na broj kada govorimo o nekom velikom konkretnom broju, kao i da su imenice nakon ovih brojeva uvek u množini (ten million dollars, two thousand people). Sigurno primećuješ i da kada govorimo koliko nečega ima (+ of), koristimo -s: thousands of euros, millions of animals, itd.
