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one hundred case vs one hundred cases

The correct phrase is "one hundred cases." The word "cases" should be in plural form to match the number "one hundred."

Last updated: March 26, 2024 • 881 views

one hundred case

This phrase is incorrect. The noun "case" should be in plural form to match the number "one hundred."

The correct phrase is "one hundred cases" when referring to a hundred instances of something.
  • Since 1978, the Fund has been used in more than one hundred cases, and in the majority the limit set was sufficient.
  • It can happen in approximately one in a hundred cases.
  • One hundred and twenty-nine cases were settled by the institution concerned to the satisfaction of the complainant.
  • Stop thinking of yourself as one of the hundred neediest cases.
  • The patient is one hundred percent responsible but one cannot speak of guilt in the common sense with this case.
  • As a result of the three hundred and nineteen cases investigated, one hundred and seventy-nine soldiers have been found guilty.
  • The kidnappings are absolutely abominable, and it is good that we in this House are, in any case, one hundred per cent in agreement about our demand that those kidnapped should be released and that the violence must cease.
  • The current legislation has been revised over one hundred times.
  • The villager sold the merchant one hundred eggs.
  • If that's the case, his wickedness is incomparable to Piccolo's, what with him having splintered off from Kami. The reason being that Slugg is one hundred percent pure evil!
  • A hundred cases like this every year in L.A.
  • A hundred cases is hardly representative.
  • The Commission therefore disapproves of limiting the scope for bathers to one hundred per day and restricting the scope for watersports to one hundred metres.
  • Right time of night, you'll be good for a hundred cases.
  • Right time of night, you'll be good for a hundred cases.
  • Files from over a hundred cases, pretty much lost all of them, including yours.
  • From 1998 to 2004 we had more than a hundred cases of serious flooding, especially on the banks of the Rivers Danube and Elbe in 2002.
  • It has been very hard to have a reasonable rational debate on the impact of an outbreak of BSE, be it 3, 4 or several hundred cases at a time.
  • Weighing tonight one hundred... and 88 pounds...
  • One hundred and twenty denarii per soldier, fully equipped.

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one hundred cases

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use "one hundred cases" when you are talking about a hundred instances of something.
  • Since 1978, the Fund has been used in more than one hundred cases, and in the majority the limit set was sufficient.
  • It can happen in approximately one in a hundred cases.
  • One hundred and twenty-nine cases were settled by the institution concerned to the satisfaction of the complainant.
  • Stop thinking of yourself as one of the hundred neediest cases.
  • The patient is one hundred percent responsible but one cannot speak of guilt in the common sense with this case.
  • As a result of the three hundred and nineteen cases investigated, one hundred and seventy-nine soldiers have been found guilty.
  • The kidnappings are absolutely abominable, and it is good that we in this House are, in any case, one hundred per cent in agreement about our demand that those kidnapped should be released and that the violence must cease.
  • The current legislation has been revised over one hundred times.
  • The villager sold the merchant one hundred eggs.
  • If that's the case, his wickedness is incomparable to Piccolo's, what with him having splintered off from Kami. The reason being that Slugg is one hundred percent pure evil!
  • A hundred cases like this every year in L.A.
  • A hundred cases is hardly representative.
  • The Commission therefore disapproves of limiting the scope for bathers to one hundred per day and restricting the scope for watersports to one hundred metres.
  • Right time of night, you'll be good for a hundred cases.
  • Right time of night, you'll be good for a hundred cases.
  • Files from over a hundred cases, pretty much lost all of them, including yours.
  • From 1998 to 2004 we had more than a hundred cases of serious flooding, especially on the banks of the Rivers Danube and Elbe in 2002.
  • It has been very hard to have a reasonable rational debate on the impact of an outbreak of BSE, be it 3, 4 or several hundred cases at a time.
  • Weighing tonight one hundred... and 88 pounds...
  • One hundred and twenty denarii per soldier, fully equipped.

Alternatives:

  • one hundred case
  • a hundred cases
  • 100 cases
  • a hundred instances
  • a hundred occurrences

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