usage of "make"

[Lost_Soul]

Hi,

Could you tell me if the following sentence is correct and natural?

I’ve watched 10 episodes of that cartoon… on second thought make that 12

Thanks !

[Molly]

on second thought[color=blue]s, make that 12.

It’s fine.

[Yankee]

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The only version of this expression that I hear used is “on second thought”.

I can’t recall ever having heard someone use this expression with the plural ‘thoughts’.
However, it would be common to hear someone say “He’s having second thoughts”.
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[Molly]

@Yankee

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The only version of this expression that I hear used is “on second thought”.

I can’t recall ever having heard someone use this expression with the plural ‘thoughts’.
However, it would be common to hear someone say “He’s having second thoughts”.
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It must be another of those BrE vs AmE things:

The BNC to the rescue, again:

ON SECOND THOUGHTS 62

ON SECOND THOUGHT 5

I’d imagine “on second thoughts” has an ellipted “having” between the “on” and second". So the plural would seem more logical.

[Molly]

Yup, it looks like a variant problem:

The BYU American corpus:

ON SECOND THOUGHT 162

ON SECOND THOUGHTS 4

[Lost_Soul]

@Yankee

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The only version of this expression that I hear used is “on second thought”.

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Hi, Amy

When I was writting “on second thought” I was having second thoughts if it is right, and my dictionary supported the “on second thoughts” version, but I heard “on second thought” a few times in a cartoon, so I cast away my doubts

Thanks again !