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   "For more than a 1,000 years, the Venetians have laboured to preserve the delicate balance of their watery domain" (Independent); "Fugly has become the most impounded mutt in Australia with over a 100 convictions" (Independent). When numbers to a power of ten, such as these, are written out, they mean "one hundred," "one thousand," and so on. Putting an indefinite article in front of them is to say in effect "a one thousand years" or "a one hundred convictions." Make it "a thousand years" or "1,000 years," or "a hundred convictions" or "100 convictions," but don't combine the two.

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