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a dozen of roses vs a dozen roses

Both "a dozen of roses" and "a dozen roses" are commonly used phrases, but "a dozen roses" is the correct and more widely accepted form. The phrase "a dozen roses" is the standard way to refer to a group of twelve roses.

Last updated: March 29, 2024 • 1453 views

a dozen of roses

This phrase is correct but less commonly used than the alternative.

This phrase is used to refer to a group of twelve roses, but it is less common than the more widely accepted form "a dozen roses".

Examples:

He bought a dozen of roses for his girlfriend.
She received a dozen of roses on her birthday.

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Think of it as my version of a dozen red roses since I also came to ask you to dinner tonight.
Maybe I should send him a dozen roses.
I don't need a dozen roses.
I'll wrap up a dozen roses with some chocolate hearts.
And lynch isn't doing this to steal a dozen roses.
Just like they were a dozen roses.
I get a dozen roses and a copy of the video.
Half a fin for a dozen roses - you get 'em home, they're already wilting.
It's Mr. Thoughtful with a dozen roses for you.
Send Mrs Friedman a dozen roses tomorrow morning, please, Sal.
At 7:45 you surprise her with a dozen roses and a sympathetic shoulder.
Remind me to send Jeter a dozen roses.
This guy, every Valentine's Day, he'd buy Jamie like a dozen roses.
A Dozen Roses. I'm directing.
Just a bunch of books and a receipt from a flower shop for a dozen roses, but she paid in cash.
I want to order three dozen roses, half a dozen orchids, and send them to Mme Grosnay, 151 Avenue Victor Hugo.
I'm not giving my girlfriend a half a dozen red roses...
Spotted - Chuck Bass waiting for the jitney a dozen roses in one hand, his heart in the other.
So I just walk up to her in Red Square with a dozen roses?
I just found a box marked "good dishes," and then I used my pashmina as a table runner, snuck over to Sheila Shay's, cut a dozen roses.

Alternatives:

a dozen roses

a dozen roses

This is the correct and more commonly used form to refer to a group of twelve roses.

This phrase is the standard way to refer to a group of twelve roses and is more widely accepted than the alternative "a dozen of roses".

Examples:

He bought a dozen roses for his girlfriend.
She received a dozen roses on her birthday.

Show examples from the web [+]

I don't need a dozen roses.
I'll wrap up a dozen roses with some chocolate hearts.
And lynch isn't doing this to steal a dozen roses.
Just like they were a dozen roses.
It's Mr. Thoughtful with a dozen roses for you.
Send Mrs Friedman a dozen roses tomorrow morning, please, Sal.
At 7:45 you surprise her with a dozen roses and a sympathetic shoulder.
This guy, every Valentine's Day, he'd buy Jamie like a dozen roses.
Just a bunch of books and a receipt from a flower shop for a dozen roses, but she paid in cash.
Spotted - Chuck Bass waiting for the jitney a dozen roses in one hand, his heart in the other.
So I just walk up to her in Red Square with a dozen roses?
You get a dozen roses, a scholarship to the college of your choice, the accolades of your peers...
Buy that wife of yours a dozen roses or that daughter of yours a new dress.
By the way, did you see he's got a dozen roses laying on the bed?
A Dozen Roses. I'm directing.
I want a dozen roses. Yes.
(Suspenseful instrumental music) (Whistling) It's "Mr. Thoughtful" with a dozen roses for... you::::
Maybe I should send him a dozen roses.
I get a dozen roses and a copy of the video.
Half a fin for a dozen roses - you get 'em home, they're already wilting.

Alternatives:

a dozen of roses

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