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- forty (not fourty?) | WordReference Forums
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 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 or forty-five years on | WordReference Forums
This is from Mutiny On The Bounty by John Boyne A boy was caught for stealing and brought before judge Forty or forty-five years old shouldn't be considered to be very old, why the word 'ancient' is used? Context: ‘Make quiet that boy!’ roared the magistrate on the bench and who was it
- 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
- the wrong side of forty - WordReference Forums
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 marathon for the first time) : I'm too old for that carry-on I'm the wrong side of forty! Ya no estoy para
- forty-one forty one - WordReference Forums
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 example, I exemplified two sentences which are used of "41" One has used "forty-one" and other "forty one"! Why
- to drink a 40 - WordReference Forums
In Canada, "a forty" is a shortened form of the common expression "a forty-ouncer", which is a forty ounce bottle of any hard liquor Many decades ago, Canada started using the metric system for everything, so the labels on these bottles no longer say that they contain forty ounces of liquor In spite of this, the nickname persists
- 13rd or 13th - WordReference Forums
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; 1,000,001st; 1,000,002nd Sounds difficult at first, but I,m sure you'll catch up with it soon!
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