[Grammar] when we use plural or singular form for currencies ?

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Ahmed_harbi

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hi

do we say
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my glasses coast me 200 dollars

or it cost me 200 dollar

when we use plural and singular with currencies ?

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hi

do we say
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My glasses cost 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'.

Try to write in proper English while you're here. You'll learn quicker.
 

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Thank you for your help

Is there a rule for it ?
 

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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.
 

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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?
 

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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:

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.
 

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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?
 

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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.
 

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However, not all currencies take an "s" at the end to indicate the plural.

A few of those that come to mind are yen, baht, krone, renminbi and yuan.

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