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[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Read again. Instead of saying "dozens of councils" they should have said "number of councils".

[–] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

They don't know the number closing. ATM no one dose.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Mex@feddit.uk 2 points 8 months ago

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

[–] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 2 points 8 months ago

Oh I see what you are saying now. Yeah a better word.