From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 8/11/2025 8:22 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:   
   > On 2025-08-08, Arne Vajhøj  wrote:   
   >> On 8/8/2025 2:21 PM, Michael Kraemer wrote:   
   >>> On 08.08.2025 19:43, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   >>>> And "hundreds of" is undoubtedly correct. As it strictly speaking   
   >>>> just say more than two hundred.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Some readers may assume that hundreds imply less than thousand. But   
   >>>> that is reading between the lines.   
   >>>   
   >>> No need to read between, just stay on line.   
   >>> In my part of the universe "several hundred" means just that,   
   >>> "less than thousand".   
   >>   
   >> What do you call the year 1999? The year one thousand nine hundred and   
   >> ninety nine?   
   >   
   > Depends on context. If you know it's a year, then no. If you know it's   
   > a number, then maybe. If you know "2000" is a year, then yes you still do.   
   > If it's something like "2491 AD", then some might say each digit by itself.   
      
   There are other possible examples:   
      
   "The lot is twelve hundred square meters"   
      
   "The rent is fourteen hundred X per month"   
      
   Point is that using "hundreds" when there is more than 1000   
   does happen quite frequently.   
      
   So we cannot conclude with certainty that the number is less   
   than 1000.   
      
   If I were to guess the the one making the edit did not know   
   if the number was below or over 2000 and therefore did not   
   want to write "thousands" and decided to fall back to   
   "hundreds".   
      
   I would have chose a different wording. But ...   
      
   Arne   
      
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