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Bookmark or Share- forty (not fourty?) - WordReference ForumsNotwithstanding being related to the word "four" (4), 40 is spelled "forty", and not "fourty". The reason is that etymologically (also in accents without the horse-hoarse merger), the words have different vowels, "forty" containing a contraction in the same way that "fifty" contains a contraction of "five".
- 40-50% / 40%-50% [ writing percentage range - WordReference Forumsforty 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% in symbols, but more definitely repeating it 40% to 50% when using a word. But there are no really strong reasons for or against any of them.
- four/fourteen/forty - WordReference ForumsO.E. feowertig, from feower "four" + tig "group of ten" (see - ty (1)). Roaring Forties are rough parts of the ocean between 40 and 50 degrees latitude.
- multiplied / times - WordReference ForumsHello, all, 'Twenty-one multiplied by two equals forty-two.' 'Twenty-one time(s) two equals forty-two.' I have the following questions: 1.
- one hundred forty. - WordReference ForumsBut , 140 in Spanish is ciento cuarenta, which is one hundred forty, as it is often written in AE, which differs from one hundred and forty in BE. I have heard several times, while in the USA, that within perhaps 30, or 40 years ,in the USA, Spanish speakers will, numerically, be in the majority. Is this really the case .? Saludos.
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