The use of the word "even"

[Anonymous]

Hello teacher.

I have been having a hard time understanding the usage of the word "even" when it is for a correction. Example:

"I have two dollars in my pocet. Pocket even."

In my case, I haven't heard anyone used "even" that way. For this, I saw it from typed messages such as the above quote. I'm assuming "even" was used to correct the mistyped "pocet." So my question is, is that correct? I always thought "even" was used for when you are stating one thing and another. Please help.

 

[englishlearner]

Sorry, it's me again.

I forgot to give an example for how I thought it was supposed to be used as. Here it is:

"I have two dollars in my pocket. Quarters even."

It is stating that I have two dollars as well as quarters in my pocket. Now that I can understand more. Are both ways acceptable?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Tdol]

I'd interpret that as a correction,so the person had quarters and not dollars. ;-)