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From: Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: What is the smallest (positive) number, when spelled out,
 contains no repeated letters and contains each of
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On 05/03/2025 11:44, Ammammata wrote:
> HenHanna wrote on 05/03/2025 :
>> Thank you..  the original intended ans. was  ---------   Five 
>> Thousand.
> 
> shouldn't be "thousandS"?


"Five thousands" is perfectly good English, but so is "five 
thousand". One might prefer one over the other in a given 
context, but sans context either of them is fine.

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