
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".
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, …
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 …
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 …
at a forty year low - WordReference Forums
Jan 2, 2019 · Is at a forty-year low: is at the lowest rate it has been at in forty years.
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 …
Fool of forty-five degrees - WordReference Forums
Apr 22, 2008 · "Well, you are a fool of forty-five degrees!", dice un padre ad un figlio che non ha sfruttato saggiamente a suo favore una situazione. Come lo tradurreste? Il testo è dell'Ottocento.
one hundred forty. - WordReference Forums
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 …
forty-one / forty one - WordReference Forums
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 …
Big Four Oh - WordReference Forums
Feb 7, 2013 · Wikipedia: Forties: In the American vernacular, a forty-ounce or simply forty is a glass bottle that holds 40 fluid ounces (1.18 litres) of malt liquor. Malt liquors are commonly …