• FelixCress@lemmy.world
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      24 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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        24 days ago

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