Jun 25, 2012 · 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. …

Mar 26, 2011 · SAludos, soy nuevo en este foro y también un nuevo estudiante de ingles. Mi duda es sobre la palabra forty (40). Por que cambia la forma como se escribe si el numero …

Jun 22, 2009 · As a non-farmer, I would use "the back forty" to refer to the remotest part of someone's land. My mother uses it humorously to refer to large backyards. In the context the …

Jul 26, 2010 · But , 140 in Spanish is ciento cuarenta, which is one hundred forty, as it is often written in AE, which differs from one hundred and forty in BE. I have heard several times, while …

Apr 7, 2013 · O.E. feowertig, from feower "four" + tig "group of ten" (see - ty (1)). Roaring Forties are rough parts of the ocean between 40 and 50 degrees latitude.

Apr 4, 2007 · It says forty is used because 40 acres was the typical size of a piece of land. Lower forty must mean something like the lower part of the land then. I am well aware of the lower …

Jun 11, 2021 · It may be an AE/BE difference, but I see nothing unusual about “forty-four hundred.” (Wasn’t there a TV series by that name?) I think we sometimes use that phrasing for …

Apr 12, 2015 · Hi, I see some similar combination with hyphen-dash and in some other writings without hyphen-dash . I cannot distinguish when we should use hyphen-dash for some …

Apr 23, 2011 · The forty minutes' ride sounds like there would be some kind of ride and that's its official name. Otherwise the expressions with apostrophe tend to sound old to me. I avoid the …

Oct 18, 2006 · Hello, Previously I had the impression that a period of time is usually regarded as a singular or uncountable thing, so the verb followed is "-s" in most cases, eg. is/ has/ does/etc. …