hi
do we say
ex
my glasses coast me 200 dollars
or it cost me 200 dollar
when we use plural and singular with currencies ?
many thanks
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hi
do we say
ex
my glasses coast me 200 dollars
or it cost me 200 dollar
when we use plural and singular with currencies ?
many thanks
'Glasses' is plural and so is 'dollars'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ahmed_harbi
Try to write in proper English while you're here. You'll learn quicker.
Thank you for your help
Is there a rule for it ?
I'm not sure what you mean by a rule for it. Countable nouns are plural when there is more than one of them.
One dollar = singular
200 dollars = plural
However, not all currencies take an "s" at the end to indicate the plural. Most of them do take the plural "s".
Remember the rules of written English:
- Start every sentence with a capital letter.
- End every sentence with the relevant punctuation mark (full stop, question mark, exclamation mark).
- Do not put a space before a full stop, comma, question mark or exclamation mark.
- Put a space after a full stop, comma, question mark or exclamation mark.
Yes countable nouns are plural when there is more than one of them, but some people for example say:
50 dollar, 99 cent.
Is it grammatically correct or not?
It's correct in this kind of construction:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ahmed_harbi
That's a 50-dollar suit.
I bought a 99-cent candy bar.
It's not correct if it were used in:
I paid 50 dollars for that suit.
I paid 99 cents for a candy bar.
In those cases, you need the plural.
Thank you a lot it helped.
I heard if is it an adjective we use singular like the first tow examples you mentioned, am I right?
Yes, "fifty-dollar" in "a fifty-dollar suit" is an adjective.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ahmed_harbi
A few of those that come to mind are yen, baht, krone, renminbi and yuan.Quote:
Originally Posted by emsr2d2
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