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`a number of'
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 17, 2004 12:46 AMThe expression almost always can be interpreted as `I forgot to count.' (Make mine read `at least 4'.)
Reducing `a number of' to a simple plural ending will tighten your prose.
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