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Mar 26, 2011 · Les dejo la explicación de wikipedia: Notwithstanding being related to the word "four" (4), 40 is spelled "forty", and not "fourty". The reason is that etymologically (also in accents without the …
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Jul 26, 2010 · In American English dialect I constantly see numbers over one hundred written as for example " one hundred forty " compared to British English " one hundred and forty. Is this lack of the …
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Jun 2, 2016 · How would you idiomatically say "the wrong side of forty"? It's a humorous way of saying you're over 40 without giving away your real age. Quiero decir (referring to a person running a …
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Apr 23, 2011 · A forty minutes' ride or a forty-minute ride? It is because it's a fixed expression (Seven years' war was in the 18th century, while Six-day war in the 200th century, hence, a more ''modern'' …
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Oct 2, 2005 · I was curious to know how the difference in spelling between four, fourteen and forty came about. Can anyone tell me? (I know, another word history question. . .) Thank you in advance, SMS:)
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Jun 11, 2021 · You might use it if you were talking about items normally counted in hundreds. I could just about imagine "forty-four hundred cigarettes" or "forty-four hundred Roman legionaries", but not …
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Apr 12, 2015 · Hi, I see some similar combination with hyphen-dash and in some other writings without hyphen-dash . I cannot distinguish when we should use hyphen-dash for some combinations. For …
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Apr 24, 2017 · 1234 5678 1234 5678 Street numbers: 22 Main Street – you must read it as twenty-two; otherwise, you will sound totally daft. 232 Main Street – two thirty-two Main Street. 2345 Main Street …
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Feb 12, 2008 · the internship lasts six months, but it's a six-month internship (note the hyphen). Six-month here is an adjective, and adjectives are invariable in English. A three-mile walk a six-foot-tall …
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Aug 15, 2007 · 41st, forty first; 42nd forty second; 43,forty third; 44th, forty forth, 46th; 47th... From here on it goes indefinitely along this pattern. For example:100th; 101st; 102nd; 103rd; 104th; …