I don't know where to place the number
I'm not sure where I should place 29,665. Can it also come after a preposition like at? Or with?
My sentences are below:
1) The largest number of these UK graduates (29,665) sought further study in 2008.
2) Further study was the most popular destination for these UK graduates (29,665) in 2008.
3) UK graduates who sought further study (29,665) represented the largest proportion of these students.
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Answers · 3
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For number 2), "destination" is not the right word here since it would imply a place. You probably want to use the word "option".
Anyway, you want to place the number as a counter of what it's quantifying. So, if there are 29,665 UK graduates, and some of them are choosing "further study", then in sentence 1) you'd probably put it between "these" and "UK Graduates" making "these (29,665) UK graduates". If 29,665 is the number that are choosing further study, then 3) works fine, or you could use 1) and put it between "number" and "of", making "The largest number (29,665) of these UK...". I think that works best because you're saying "the largest number" and then giving that actual number as a detail in parenthesis.
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Usually the number goes before whatever thing you're counting. "There were 20,000 students" "The Spanish flotilla had 2000 ships at its disposal" etc.
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