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Show Tho Correct Uae of Million. The word "million" signifies either a j thousand thousands, or an indefinitely l large number, as the case may be for j instance, you may say, "five million people," or "millions of money." Strict I ly speaking, in the first case "million," and not "millions." is correct. In the phrase, "He is worth five millions," the I word "millions" is used in the indefinite 1 sense, as "thousands" is in the phrase, i "lie is worth thousands." As a rule, , one should say "five million" wherever j "five thousand" or "five hundred" would 1 be used in speaking of a smaller num-j num-j ber. Writer. |