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1.5 dollar or 1.5 dollars

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Kimman

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May 31, 2002, 11:35:59 AM5/31/02
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1.5 dollar or 1.5 dollars

I would say 1.5 dollar

Also 0.9 cent and 20 cents? right?

John Dawkins

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May 31, 2002, 12:43:34 PM5/31/02
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In article <ad84vf$6n6$1...@news.ctimail.com>,
"Kimman" <kim...@ananzi.co.za> wrote:

> 1.5 dollar or 1.5 dollars
>
> I would say 1.5 dollar

A dollar-and-a-half

david56

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May 31, 2002, 1:20:36 PM5/31/02
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About a pound.
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Donna Richoux

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May 31, 2002, 2:22:20 PM5/31/02
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Kimman <kim...@ananzi.co.za> wrote:

> 1.5 dollar or 1.5 dollars
>
> I would say 1.5 dollar

I'd write it "$1.50" and I'd say "a dollar fifty."

>
> Also 0.9 cent and 20 cents? right?

Is the singular or plural your question? I would say "nine-tenths of a
cent" but I think if I used the "point" shortcut, "oh point nine cents"
then I'd add the s.

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doofus

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Jun 1, 2002, 3:23:22 PM6/1/02
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Hi Kimman,

There's only one one and it's one. Anything more is more than one and
anything less is multiple parts.

$0.02
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nancy g

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Jun 1, 2002, 3:32:08 PM6/1/02
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doofus wrote:

> Kimman wrote:


Half a dollar?

Six-tenths of a cent?

doofus

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Jun 1, 2002, 3:37:49 PM6/1/02
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Ach, yes it's true. I was thinkin' that just after I posted. One half,
indeed. But now, 0.9 is 9 X 0.1 cents. In any event, there is only one
singular and it has to be a single instance of the thing, or don't you think
so?

doof


John Holmes

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Jun 1, 2002, 11:39:43 AM6/1/02
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"Kimman" <kim...@ananzi.co.za> wrote in message
news:ad84vf$6n6$1...@news.ctimail.com...

> 1.5 dollar or 1.5 dollars
>
> I would say 1.5 dollar

I would say "one point five dollars". But that is an unusual way to
write it -- more commonly it would be $1.50 and pronounced "a dollar
fifty".

>
> Also 0.9 cent and 20 cents? right?

"(Nought) point nine cents".


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John

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