Sorry, are you implying that people only have desire for Apple products? Because that's the logical end point of those two sentences. You think people don't want Ferraris?
Apple store openings are a cultural phenomenon I really don't understand. I have plenty of desire for the products, but that's a quite different thing from queuing for a store opening.
For myself, I felt much the same way you do... then I stood in line for a store opening and felt the excitement, and enjoyed being able to talk about the product with people that didn't require a preliminary explanation, and it changed my whole perception about Apple store openings. It was fun to have done it even though I never expected that I would find it so enjoyable. I'd do it again. P.S. I'm not a techno-nut and I'm 70 years old.
Yes. They should have used - Over a thousand, Nearly two thousand, Close to two thousand but thousands would require at the very minimum two thousand or more. You can have similar debates over words like a couple, a few, many, and several. My general rule of thumb is a couple is 2, a few is 3 and rarely 4, several would mean at least three but not exceeding five, and many would be more than 6 those those certainly are up for debate. But when it comes to thousands the rule is very clear that it requires more than 2,000 since when you write out 1,7000 it is one thousand seven hundred and one is not plural.
I say this as a guy who loves Brazil--I've lived there on multiple occasions and maintain an apartment in Rio--but how long will it be before the Barra da Tijuca store is robbed?
I had the good fortune to go the grand opening of the Apple store at Columbia Mall in Maryland! While it wasn't in the thousand(s), it was still a pretty neat experience! Much excitement and enthusiasm! Fortunately it lacked the line dancing used at some other stores!
I say this as a guy who loves Brazil--I've lived there on multiple occasions and maintain an apartment in Rio--but how long will it be before the Barra da Tijuca store is robbed?
You don't seem to love Brazil, then - Apple Stores have already been robbed multiple times in the US, Germany and France...so what?
And also patently obvious. Once you reach 10,000 you start using tens of thousands. Although if you choose to be less precise you could technically use thousands all the way up to a million I suppose. I prefer less ambiguity.
There's no limit to the number you could describe in the thousands, but I get your point.
Sorry, are you implying that people only have desire for Apple products? Because that's the logical end point of those two sentences. You think people don't want Ferraris?
Apple store openings are a cultural phenomenon I really don't understand. I have plenty of desire for the products, but that's a quite different thing from queuing for a store opening.
Queuing for a store opening is an expression of love for the products that company makes, and is also a statement of the strength of passion that product engenders.
On the one hand I think you're correct. We can split hairs and go either way, cite different dictionaries to support one side or the other. But I'm with you, their wording is slightly on the inaccurate side and could easily be improved.
On the other hand, I think it's a minor flaw in today's headline. "Thousands" is almost OK. Sometimes, AI's headlines have words that aren't even close to OK and they seem like major flaws to me. I think I'll speak up the next time I see one of those.
Mark Twain gave instruction on how to write well: "Use the correct word, not its first cousin." So in this case I think "thousands" is the first cousin of the correct word, but sometimes we see headline words that aren't even related to the correct word!
Well, rounded up, 1700 is 2000, so therefore thousands.
For myself, I felt much the same way you do... then I stood in line for a store opening and felt the excitement, and enjoyed being able to talk about the product with people that didn't require a preliminary explanation, and it changed my whole perception about Apple store openings. It was fun to have done it even though I never expected that I would find it so enjoyable. I'd do it again. P.S. I'm not a techno-nut and I'm 70 years old.
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No. Seems like that would be silly to think. Good thing I wasn’t.
Equally silly to think that there wouldn’t be excitement about the Apple experience now available from beginning to end.
For myself, I felt much the same way you do... then I stood in line for a store opening and felt the excitement, and enjoyed being able to talk about the product with people that didn't require a preliminary explanation, and it changed my whole perception about Apple store openings. It was fun to have done it even though I never expected that I would find it so enjoyable. I'd do it again. P.S. I'm not a techno-nut and I'm 70 years old.
Hundreds and thousand!
Nah, doesn't really sound right.
I had the good fortune to go the grand opening of the Apple store at Columbia Mall in Maryland! While it wasn't in the thousand(s), it was still a pretty neat experience! Much excitement and enthusiasm! Fortunately it lacked the line dancing used at some other stores!
Hundreds and thousand!
Nah, doesn't really sound right.
I listed three alternative suggestions and none included that one. Not sure why you even quoted my post.
I say this as a guy who loves Brazil--I've lived there on multiple occasions and maintain an apartment in Rio--but how long will it be before the Barra da Tijuca store is robbed?
You don't seem to love Brazil, then - Apple Stores have already been robbed multiple times in the US, Germany and France...so what?
I listed three alternative suggestions and none included that one. Not sure why you even quoted my post.
Seeing as how you and others were being so pedantic over the use of "thousands", I presented an alternative.
1.7 is greater than 1.5 so rounds up to 2.
Therefore "thousands" stands as an apt descriptor.
Basic mathematics.
There's no limit to the number you could describe in the thousands, but I get your point.
Queuing for a store opening is an expression of love for the products that company makes, and is also a statement of the strength of passion that product engenders.
Well, rounded up, 1700 is 2000, so therefore thousands.
I find your humour timeless.
Well, rounded up, 1700 is 2000, so therefore thousands.
Exactly, and an iPhone is a thousand dollar phone.