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".

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, …

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. …

Jan 2, 2019 · Is at a forty-year low: is at the lowest rate it has been at in forty years.

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'' …

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 lack of the …

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 of that property.

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 thousand.

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 …