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, …

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".

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:)

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'' …

Jan 21, 2026 · For example, (motioning to my friend’s metal coffee thermos) that Starbucks tumbler that costs twenty-five dollars here will run you forty dollars in Mexico City.

Apr 29, 2019 · A Forty (40 acres) is known as a 1/4 of a quarter Square Mile. In the Homestead Acts (1860s–), farmers were granted a quarter section; a section was nominally 1 square mile containing …

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, …

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 …

Jun 24, 2020 · forty to fifty per cent forty per cent to fifty per cent Now do we make our symbols follow that, repeating the sign if we repeat the word? We don't have to, and I would slightly prefer 40–50% …

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. …