• FelixCress@lemmy.world
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    28 days ago

    Read again. Instead of saying “dozens of councils” they should have said “number of councils”.

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        28 days ago

        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.

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          28 days ago

          a number of is generally not recommended when “Some councils…” or even “An unknown number of councils” would be better.