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MDMAlliance on 11 September 2013
DD_Bwest said:
MDMAlliance said:

You should know it's than, not then.  
Also, your logic says that 1.00001 million is NOT millions.  
If you had $1,000.01, you wouldn't say "I have thousands of dollars."  That's grammatically and mathmatically incorrect.  
You need 2 of said unit or more.  Since you do not have at least two whole millions, you can't say it's millions.


if your using an exact number, you never add the s.   You dont say "i dont 6millions miles" or "i saw 4millions birds"   the s is added to the noun


But you know why it's like that, right?  It's because when you say "6 million," the grammar structure automatically puts the plurality into the number.  That's why you can't say "100 millions" but you can say "hundreds of millions" because it's 2 or more 100 millions.



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orniletter on 11 September 2013

Good, I hope it will be a fight between Sony and Nintendo next gen like in the 5th Generation !



Anfebious on 11 September 2013

I think the million discussion is very interesting.

I think what Yoshida wanted to say is that they have more than 1 million pre orders.



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4k1x3r on 11 September 2013
Th3PANO said:
areason said:
Th3PANO said:
so they hit 1 million recently and now he is talking about millions? trollolol


1.00001 million= millions

 

fail troll attempt is fail 


why troll attempt? 1.00001 million = millions isn't logical at all for me tbh. didn't know that lol.


You can't say millions without reaching at least 2.



DD_Bwest on 11 September 2013
MDMAlliance said:
DD_Bwest said:
MDMAlliance said:

You should know it's than, not then.  
Also, your logic says that 1.00001 million is NOT millions.  
If you had $1,000.01, you wouldn't say "I have thousands of dollars."  That's grammatically and mathmatically incorrect.  
You need 2 of said unit or more.  Since you do not have at least two whole millions, you can't say it's millions.


if your using an exact number, you never add the s.   You dont say "i dont 6millions miles" or "i saw 4millions birds"   the s is added to the noun


But you know why it's like that, right?  It's because when you say "6 million," the grammar structure automatically puts the plurality into the number.  That's why you can't say "100 millions" but you can say "hundreds of millions" because it's 2 or more 100 millions.

your right actually,  because hes making million the noun, so by saying millions, its multiple million.



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DamnTastic on 11 September 2013

2mill pre-orders confirmed?



DD_Bwest on 11 September 2013

with all the discussion about what is technically right, does he know whats right? english isnt his first language i dont think



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eFKac on 11 September 2013

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pr3st00 on 11 September 2013
areason said:
pr3st00 said:
areason said:
Th3PANO said:
so they hit 1 million recently and now he is talking about millions? trollolol


1.00001 million= millions

 

fail troll attempt is fail 

Not really... 1.00001 is still one miliion, plus a small fraction of the next million. Just like 1.5 million is "one million AND a half".

Interesting discussion huh

it is greater then 1 hence not singular allowing you to add the s at the end. 


You're right (therefore I'm wrong):

http://www.woodwardenglish.com/million-or-millions/

For an unspecified ammount which is still in the millions, we say millions indeed. Similar reason why we say "one million and a half", in this case it's exactly one million (plus half one).



MDMAlliance on 11 September 2013
pr3st00 said:
areason said:

it is greater then 1 hence not singular allowing you to add the s at the end. 


You're right (therefore I'm wrong):

http://www.woodwardenglish.com/million-or-millions/

For an unspecified ammount which is still in the millions, we say millions indeed. Similar reason why we say "one million and a half", in this case it's exactly one million (plus half one).


Not sure if you're saying what I think you're saying, but if you want to say an unspecified amount that is less than 2,000,000 and more than 1,000,000, you don't say "millions."  You would say that it's "over 1 million."  

So if the population of a city is 1,350,000, you could say that the population is "over 1 million."   Usually people take that as less than 2 million.  If you say the population is "in the millions," they would think it would be at the very least 2m or more.  Usually people would think like 5m.