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 …

Jun 22, 2009 · "South forty" is an old term that refers figuratively to the lower portion of one's property. It's an old farming figure of speech the literal meaning of refers to the lower 40 acres …

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 …

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".

Jul 26, 2010 · In American English dialect I constantly see numbers over one hundred written as for example " one hundred forty " compared to British English " one hundred and forty. Is this …

Apr 7, 2013 · 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Mar 15, 2018 · "Forty-two five" is a natural way to say 42.5 (forty two and a half). But it does not tell us the units. Forty two whats? As a guess, it is "thousands of dollars". so it means Charlie …