Is the phrase 'being of a number' correct?
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"Tribal population is of a considerable number in these two tahsils." Is this correct? I see many phrases like "It is of considerable importance ...", but does "being of a sizeable, considerable, etc. number" considers native English? For example, "The problems of our educational system is of a sizeable number". That said, I want to use it in academic or formal writings.
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"Tribal population is of a considerable number in these two tahsils." Is this correct? I see many phrases like "It is of considerable importance ...", but does "being of a sizeable, considerable, etc. number" considers native English? For example, "The problems of our educational system is of a sizeable number". That said, I want to use it in academic or formal writings.
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Yes. It is an example of a well-established idiom to say: "The problems of our educational system ARE of a sizeable number". The same idiom would include such things as "It was a building of a substantial size", "The student is a young man of an impressive intellect" etc.
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"Tribal population is of a considerable number in these two tahsils." Is this correct? I see many phrases like "It is of considerable importance ...", but does "being of a sizeable, considerable, etc. number" considers native English? For example, "The problems of our educational system is of a sizeable number". That said, I want to use it in academic or formal writings.
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"Tribal population is of a considerable number in these two tahsils." Is this correct? I see many phrases like "It is of considerable importance ...", but does "being of a sizeable, considerable, etc. number" considers native English? For example, "The problems of our educational system is of a sizeable number". That said, I want to use it in academic or formal writings.
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Yes. It is an example of a well-established idiom to say: "The problems of our educational system ARE of a sizeable number". The same idiom would include such things as "It was a building of a substantial size", "The student is a young man of an impressive intellect" etc.
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Yes. It is an example of a well-established idiom to say: "The problems of our educational system ARE of a sizeable number". The same idiom would include such things as "It was a building of a substantial size", "The student is a young man of an impressive intellect" etc.
– WS2
1 hour ago
Yes. It is an example of a well-established idiom to say: "The problems of our educational system ARE of a sizeable number". The same idiom would include such things as "It was a building of a substantial size", "The student is a young man of an impressive intellect" etc.
– WS2
1 hour ago
Yes. It is an example of a well-established idiom to say: "The problems of our educational system ARE of a sizeable number". The same idiom would include such things as "It was a building of a substantial size", "The student is a young man of an impressive intellect" etc.
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Population is a number, so it is the population which is large. I suggest
The tribal population of these two tahsils is considerable.
Or
There is a considerable tribal population in these two tahsils.
The second sentence
The problems of our educational system is of a sizeable number
is clumsy, and could be better as
There are many problems in our educational system
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I believe that a better way to describe the population would be "size". Therefore:
"Tribal population is of considerable size".
For the other sentence I would suggest:
"The problems of our educational system are numerous"
going back to your question, about it being correct, you are using the noun correctly, but I would not say it is common practice for native English speakers to use it this way.
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Population is a number, so it is the population which is large. I suggest
The tribal population of these two tahsils is considerable.
Or
There is a considerable tribal population in these two tahsils.
The second sentence
The problems of our educational system is of a sizeable number
is clumsy, and could be better as
There are many problems in our educational system
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Population is a number, so it is the population which is large. I suggest
The tribal population of these two tahsils is considerable.
Or
There is a considerable tribal population in these two tahsils.
The second sentence
The problems of our educational system is of a sizeable number
is clumsy, and could be better as
There are many problems in our educational system
answered 4 hours ago
Weather Vane
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Population is a number, so it is the population which is large. I suggest
The tribal population of these two tahsils is considerable.
Or
There is a considerable tribal population in these two tahsils.
The second sentence
The problems of our educational system is of a sizeable number
is clumsy, and could be better as
There are many problems in our educational system
answered 4 hours ago
Weather Vane
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Population is a number, so it is the population which is large. I suggest
The tribal population of these two tahsils is considerable.
Or
There is a considerable tribal population in these two tahsils.
The second sentence
The problems of our educational system is of a sizeable number
is clumsy, and could be better as
There are many problems in our educational system
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I believe that a better way to describe the population would be "size". Therefore:
"Tribal population is of considerable size".
For the other sentence I would suggest:
"The problems of our educational system are numerous"
going back to your question, about it being correct, you are using the noun correctly, but I would not say it is common practice for native English speakers to use it this way.
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I believe that a better way to describe the population would be "size". Therefore:
"Tribal population is of considerable size".
For the other sentence I would suggest:
"The problems of our educational system are numerous"
going back to your question, about it being correct, you are using the noun correctly, but I would not say it is common practice for native English speakers to use it this way.
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I believe that a better way to describe the population would be "size". Therefore:
"Tribal population is of considerable size".
For the other sentence I would suggest:
"The problems of our educational system are numerous"
going back to your question, about it being correct, you are using the noun correctly, but I would not say it is common practice for native English speakers to use it this way.
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I believe that a better way to describe the population would be "size". Therefore:
"Tribal population is of considerable size".
For the other sentence I would suggest:
"The problems of our educational system are numerous"
going back to your question, about it being correct, you are using the noun correctly, but I would not say it is common practice for native English speakers to use it this way.
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Yes. It is an example of a well-established idiom to say: "The problems of our educational system ARE of a sizeable number". The same idiom would include such things as "It was a building of a substantial size", "The student is a young man of an impressive intellect" etc.
– WS2
1 hour ago