1.Having more than the usual number of fingers or toes on the hands or feet is termed polydactyly. --MGMT
2.New Jersey has one of the five highest numbers of reported cases of Lyme disease in the United States. -TEST PAPERS
3A Labor Department study states that the number of women employed outside the home increased by more than thirty-five percent in the past decade and accounted for more than sixty-two percent of the total growth in the civilian work force. --OG
4.The gryfalcon, an Arctic bird of prey, has survived a close brush with extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than when the use of DDT was sharply restricted in the early 1970's. --OG
All above are the correct sentences either from OG or some other reputed sources.In first and 3rd sentences NUMBERS is used whereas in 2 nd and 4th "NUMBER " is used. Can someone highlight the important differences between Number vs Numbers? when to choose one over another?
Thank you
2.New Jersey has one of the five highest numbers of reported cases of Lyme disease in the United States. -TEST PAPERS
3A Labor Department study states that the number of women employed outside the home increased by more than thirty-five percent in the past decade and accounted for more than sixty-two percent of the total growth in the civilian work force. --OG
4.The gryfalcon, an Arctic bird of prey, has survived a close brush with extinction; its numbers are now five times greater than when the use of DDT was sharply restricted in the early 1970's. --OG
All above are the correct sentences either from OG or some other reputed sources.In first and 3rd sentences NUMBERS is used whereas in 2 nd and 4th "NUMBER " is used. Can someone highlight the important differences between Number vs Numbers? when to choose one over another?
Thank you
