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- Forty or Fourty - WordReference Forums
Forty is the correct spelling, at least in the United States It does get confusing, because it's related to the word "four", but "40" is properly spelled "forty"
- forty (not fourty?) - WordReference Forums
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 horse-hoarse merger), the words have different vowels, "forty" containing a contraction in the same way that "fifty" contains a contraction of "five"
- one hundred forty. | WordReference Forums
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 conjunction " and " grammatically correct, and is this due to the Spanish influence " ciento cuarenta "
- forty-five hundred - WordReference Forums
No, forty-five hundred = four thousand five hundred = 4,500 "Forty-five hundred" is the most common way of expressing this in speech
- Forty four hundred - WordReference Forums
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 much else
- Plough the lower forty | WordReference Forums
I am following mkellogg's request to help update the WR dictionary In the section for forty the expression he went to plough the lower forty needs translation I believe I have heard this expression in the past (a song maybe) but I am now drawing a blank on its meaning Can anybody help
- four fourteen forty | WordReference Forums
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:)
- Four going on fourty - WordReference Forums
It refers to a child who pretends to be more mature than he is "He is four going on forty" = He is only four years old, but he pretends to be much older "
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