
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".
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 …
four/fourteen/forty - WordReference Forums
Oct 2, 2005 · I was curious to know how the difference in spelling between four, fourteen and forty came about. Can anyone tell me? (I know, another word history question. . .) Thank you in advance, SMS:)
Four going on fourty - WordReference Forums
Jan 24, 2009 · Hi! I would like to know if anybody knows the meaning of "four going on fourty". Is this an idiom? Thank you very much Chicca
/ symbol = slash? - WordReference Forums
Jul 1, 2007 · You were correct...in English we say "thirteen fourty-four slash nineteen ninety-one". The second way of expressing years is the Spanish way, no?
How to describe height? - WordReference Forums
Aug 18, 2013 · Hi, I don't know how to describe sb's tall? For example 140cm If i use cm as unit, can i say one hundred and fourty cenimetres or one hundred and fourty cm or a hundred and fourty …
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. …
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 …
What is the difference between "term" and "semester"?
Feb 19, 2009 · A term is the length of time a standard course lasts. The length of a term depends on the number of terms that a school offers courses. A term may be a semester (at a school that has two …
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 …