Mex@feddit.uk to UK Politics@feddit.ukEnglish · 1 month agoDozens of councils to be abolished under biggest reforms in 50 yearswww.thetimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up130arrow-down10
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minus-squareFelixCress@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month agoRead again. Instead of saying “dozens of councils” they should have said “number of councils”.
minus-squareHumanPenguin@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThey don’t know the number closing. ATM no one dose.
minus-squareFelixCress@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 month agoPrecisely. Which is why saying “dozens of councils” made no sense. “Number of councils due to close” covers everything from just a couple to 164 or whatever the maximum number is.
minus-squareHumanPenguin@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoOh I see what you are saying now. Yeah a better word.
minus-squareMex@feddit.ukOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoa number of is generally not recommended when “Some councils…” or even “An unknown number of councils” would be better.
Read again. Instead of saying “dozens of councils” they should have said “number of councils”.
They don’t know the number closing. ATM no one dose.
Precisely. Which is why saying “dozens of councils” made no sense. “Number of councils due to close” covers everything from just a couple to 164 or whatever the maximum number is.
Oh I see what you are saying now. Yeah a better word.
a number of is generally not recommended when “Some councils…” or even “An unknown number of councils” would be better.