hyphen in numbers [writing numbers] | WordReference Forums
Feb 4, 2022 · Could you please explain this rule to me? Does it mean that numbers thirty-one, forty-five seventy-seven ninety-nine, etc are written with a hyphen but thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, …
forty-five hundred - WordReference Forums
Jun 25, 2012 · No, forty-five hundred = four thousand five hundred = 4,500 "Forty-five hundred" is the most common way of expressing this in speech. The other way sounds slightly more formal. Ex. …
to the south forty - WordReference Forums
Jun 22, 2009 · "South forty" is an old term that refers figuratively to the lower portion of one's property. It's an old farming figure of speech the literal meaning of refers to the lower 40 acres of that property.
one hundred forty. - WordReference Forums
Jul 26, 2010 · 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 …
seasoned hacking chestnut, the conqueror of forty [game: conkers]
May 3, 2007 · hi again! I have really no idea about the red part, what is that hacking chestnut? that was mean of Wells to shoulder him into the square ditch because he would not swop his little snuffbox for …
Forty or Fourty - WordReference Forums
Dec 1, 2007 · 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".
In a 40 - WordReference Forums
Apr 29, 2019 · A Forty (40 acres) is known as a 1/4 of a quarter Square Mile. In the Homestead Acts (1860s–), farmers were granted a quarter section; a section was nominally 1 square mile containing …
forty head/heads of cattle - WordReference Forums
Oct 20, 2011 · They have forty _____ of cattle. which is correct? head or heads "Head", since "cattle" is uncountable. I think "bovine" would be countable though. So maybe "40 head of cattle" is an …
forty (not fourty?) | WordReference Forums
Mar 26, 2011 · 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 …
Forty four hundred - WordReference Forums
Jun 11, 2021 · 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 …