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> The company has raised a ton of money in the last few months... > ...Desktop Metal's Studio machines are also a ton more practical to have in an office. > B
by coredog64 9y ago
> The company has raised a ton of money in the last few months...
> ...Desktop Metal's Studio machines are also a ton more practical to have in an office.
> But there's a ton of metal options...
I'm guilty of this too, but I think there are more ways to describe a plethora of items than "a ton". Unless, of course, there are actually 2000lbs worth.
- ClintEhrlich 9y agoStrictly speaking, a "plethora" should be an excessive amount of something. It still might work in this context though, if you think the company has raised too much capital...
- Dude2018 9y agoWe are in the superlative bubble.
- PhasmaFelis 9y ago"Epic win"
- danudey 9y agoWell technically, a plethora is a 'large or excessive amount of something', so I think in this case it works, though it feels a little sesquipedalian. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/plethora https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/plethora
- ClintEhrlich 9y agoThe entry you linked to agrees with my definition: "Strictly, a plethora is not just an abundance of something, it is an excessive amount."
- CupOfJava 9y agoThis article coincidentally is an exception! A ton is the right order of magnitude: The US Treasury says that $1 million in $100 bills weights 22 lbs[1]. The $115 million that they raised in the last few months would weigh about 2200 lbs. [1] http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=441929 http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=441929 edit: grammar
- ChuckMcM 9y agoEpic win on the weight conversion :-)
- foreigner 9y agoWould you say I have a plethora of pinatas?