...two dozen police were sent to the spot to keep order.

[sitifan]

Shortly after the accident, two ________ police were sent to the spot to keep order.
A. dozen of
B. dozens
C. dozen
D. dozens of
https://www.englishquiz.org/learn-english-daily/dozen-用法/
According to the link, options A and C are both correct.
Is option A really acceptable to native speakers?

 

[probus]

Option A is incorrect, at least in current American English, but I believe it still survives in Indian English. I'd like to hear from our British colleagues about BrE.

 

[Peedeebee]

I can only say I've never heard A in 67 years, in Britain.

 

[jutfrank]

I'd say A is unacceptable in all varieties.

 

[probus]

@jutfrank If your definition of "all varieties" includes contemporary AmE, you are mistaken. North American native speakers never use "two dozen of police", nor of soldiers, nor of eggs, nor of anything.

 

[5jj]

Jutfrank said that was unacceptable.

 

[teechar]

I agree that "A" is no good, but "dozen of" as a collocation is possible in English. For example:
"I'll have two dozen of those bread rolls please".

 

[probus]

@jutfrank. Please accept my apologies. I misread "unacceptable" as "acceptable".