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Are both these sentences:
a) "This costs one Euro and fifty (cents)."
b) "This costs one dollar and fifty (cents)."
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They would both be understood as the listener can imply the use of 'cents' but they could also be used without the word 'and' as, again, the rest is implied. You would probably hear them used WITHOUT the word 'and' in general conversations. It's normal in the UK to say: This costs one pound fifty.
- They would both be understood as the listener can imply the use of 'cents' but they could also be used without the word 'and' as, again, the rest is implied.
- You would probably hear them used WITHOUT the word 'and' in general conversations.
- It's normal in the UK to say: This costs one pound fifty.
- It's very odd to hear: This costs one pound and fifty.
- It's unusual, but not rare, to hear: This costs one pound and fifty pence.
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They would both be understood as the listener can imply the use of 'cents' but they could also be used without the word 'and' as, again, the rest is implied.
You would probably hear them used WITHOUT the word 'and' in general conversations. It's normal in the UK to say:
This costs one pound fifty.
It's very odd to hear:
This costs one pound and fifty.
It's unus
0Christine Christieb) "This costs one dollar and fifty (cents)."
Nobody says "one dollar and fifty" or "one dollar fifty" in the US. It's "a dollar fifty" or "one dollar and fifty cents"
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