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 …
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, …
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:)
Saying dates / years [AE vs BE] | WordReference Forums
Jun 9, 2022 · It's normally Twenty oh one, twenty nineteen, nineteen forty-seven, ten sixty-six, nine fifty-seven. Two thousand and nineteen, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, one thousand and sixty-six, …
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. …
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 …
40 year / 40 years old - WordReference Forums
Apr 23, 2011 · A forty minutes' ride or a forty-minute ride? It is because it's a fixed expression (Seven years' war was in the 18th century, while Six-day war in the 200th century, hence, a more ''modern'' …
One hundred pounds - WordReference Forums
Mar 11, 2018 · Is it correct to say: "Are you really going to pay one hundred pounds for those shoes?" When I was in a shop earlier I heard someone say "I'm not going to pay forty pound for those", is this …
Four going on fourty - WordReference Forums
Jan 24, 2009 · "He is four going on forty" = He is only four years old, but he pretends to be much older." Depending on the context, it could also mean a child who is attempting to control adults, or a child …