Joanna
two dozen egg two dozen eggs two dozens egg two dozens eggs two dozen of egg two dozen of eggs two dozens of egg two dozens of eggs Which are correct, and why? It really makes me confused. Thanks for your helping🥰
2021년 9월 4일 오전 8:15
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Hey Joanna. First if all, a dozen means 12 so you you would say " two dozen eggs" because the word "dozen" works just like "hundred". When talking about specific numbers, we say "a hundred", "two hundred", "three hundred", etc. In the same way, we say "a dozen", "two dozen", "three dozen", etc. If we are talking about some unspecific large number, we can say "dozens of" or "hundreds of". For example: -Hundreds of children missed the first day of school because of the newspaper error. -The storm caused dozens of empty bottles to wash up on the beach.
2021년 9월 4일
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Two dozen eggs. Dozen is a noun meaning "group of 12": one dozen, two dozen, three dozen. Egg is a countable noun so can be made plural in this context. It's the same as saying "24 eggs". You wouldn't say 24 of eggs :)
2021년 9월 4일
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Two dozen eggs is correct. Additionally, one can also say two dozen cartons of eggs. Moreover, one can also say two dozen egg sandwiches. Furthermore, in English, it is also common to say two dozen egg yolks or two dozen egg whites.
2021년 9월 4일
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Two dozen of eggs
2021년 9월 4일
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