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 …

Jun 21, 2023 · I've never heard stones either. In Europe we use kilogrammes. In the USA they use pounds which makes it difficult as us Brits have to divide the figure by 14 to make it …

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 …

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".

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 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 …

Here is a number 406,543 that is read in English as, "4 hundred and six thousand, five hundred and forty-three". I notice that there are no "s" attached at the end of the words hundred and …

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 …

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 …

Jun 2, 2016 · How would you idiomatically say "the wrong side of forty"? It's a humorous way of saying you're over 40 without giving away your real age. Quiero decir (referring to a person …