'Ultimate surprise': How an Israeli raid freed 4 hostages and killed scores of Palestinians in Gaza
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They arrived in the middle of the day, when the squat concrete buildings of the Nuseirat refugee camp are stifling and the narrow streets outside are filled with people.
  • Flying SquidEnglish
    0•1 year ago

    Because “dozens” is less than “scores?”

    12 < 20.

    What would be better?

    • @Nurse_Robot@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11•1 year ago

      Maybe hundreds?

      Scores is such an 1800s word. It’s simply not used in today’s vernacular, and I’m not sure why you’re defending it.

      • Flying SquidEnglish
        3•1 year ago

        I wasn’t defending anything. I literally asked what would be better.

        Apparently asking what would be better was bad.