Mex@feddit.uk to UK Politics@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 months agoDozens of councils to be abolished under biggest reforms in 50 yearswww.thetimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down10
arrow-up131arrow-down1external-linkDozens of councils to be abolished under biggest reforms in 50 yearswww.thetimes.comMex@feddit.uk to UK Politics@feddit.ukEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareHumanPenguin@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThey don’t know the number closing. ATM no one dose.
minus-squareFelixCress@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months 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-squareMex@feddit.ukOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoa number of is generally not recommended when “Some councils…” or even “An unknown number of councils” would be better.
minus-squareHumanPenguin@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoOh I see what you are saying now. Yeah a better word.
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.
a number of is generally not recommended when “Some councils…” or even “An unknown number of councils” would be better.
Oh I see what you are saying now. Yeah a better word.