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Ask for help > Which one is correct? I need your help!!
Which one is correct? I need your help!!
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kiru
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Which one is correct? I need your help!!
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Dear colleagues,
which of the following sentences is correct, or are both of them ok?
Although he has earned 58 billion dollar, Bill...
Although he has earned 58 billion dollars, Bill...
Do you use dollar only in the singular form or are there any rules concerning this matter?
Thank you for your help!!
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9 Dec 2009
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alien boy
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dollar is a countable noun, so you need to use s .
Regards,
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9 Dec 2009
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lemarja3
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But we say "two million" and "sixty per cent ", right? We do not use the plural form in these examples. Why is it different with "dollars"?
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9 Dec 2009
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mayamin
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this is not a compound noun. it takes an S . note the difference we say: a 85 - billion dollar baby= a baby worth 85 billion dollars. but in the example you provided it is used as a simple noun
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9 Dec 2009
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ayda louhichi
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we say 1 hundred ..., 2 hundred..., 3 hundred.... etc ...........
1 million ..., 2 million..., 20 million.... etc ................
43 billion... , 43 thousand.... etc .............
hundred, million,, thousand , billion don �t take "s", what takes "s" is what comes after for example 2 hundred students, 20 million workers, etc............ same thing for Dollar$, Pound�, Euro, Dinar etc...
2 hundred dollars, 2 hundred pounds, 43 million pounds, 53434 billion dinars
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9 Dec 2009
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donapeter
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million = numeral dollar / dollars = nouns 1 dollar, 2 dollars 3 thousand dollars |
9 Dec 2009
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i_love_english
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Dollar does need the "-s"
The reason why million doesn �t in e.g. This costs 4 million dollars is because million is used as an adjective here and adjectives do not take plurals in English.
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9 Dec 2009
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