Gramática: Centenas, milhares etc.
Sempre que as palavras “HUNDRED”, “THOUSAND”, “DOZEN” etc. forem usadas após um numeral ou após “SEVERAL” (vários) elas serão invariáveis. Em outras palavras, não acrescente o “S” nem utilize a preposição “OF”. Diga, portanto, “TWO HUNDRED” (duzentos), TWO THOUSAND (dois mil), TWO DOZEN (duas dúzias), TWO MILLION (dois milhões) etc.
Her new car cost thirty thousand dollars.- O carro novo dela custou trinta mil dólares.
- He must have written several hundred letters.
- Ele deve ter escrito várias centenas de cartas.
Nos seguintes exemplos, as formas plurais são corretas.
- The famous actress has thousands of pairs of shoes.
- A atriz famosa tem milhares de pares de sapatos.
- I’ve heard that story hundreds of times.
- Já ouvi essa história centenas de vezes.
- The company spent millions and millions of dollars in their new advertising campaign.
- A empresa gastou milhões e milhões de dólares em sua nova campanha publicitária.
Referência: “Dicionário dos Erros Mais Comuns em Inglês” de Ulisses Wehby de Carvalho – Editora Campus/Elsevier, 2005. Leia a resenha. Compre seu exemplar no Submarino ou na Disal.
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