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Snarf Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Dollars Hyphen

Is a hyphen fine in writing out a number before dollars, or is it superfluous? For example:

"I can't believe she's suing me for twenty-thousand dollars!"

I'm pretty sure it's unnecessary for numbers signifying years, for example, "three hundred years."
  

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Don't use it there. In "twenty-five thousand" yes (if you don't want to write $25,000).

— BarbaraPA

  • Don't use it there.
  • In "twenty-five thousand" yes (if you don't want to write $25,000).
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Don't use it there. In "twenty-five thousand" yes (if you don't want to write $25,000).
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So, say, for $50,000, I would just write fifty thousand dollars, with no hyphen?
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SnarfSo, say, for $50,000, I would just write fifty thousand dollars, with no hyphen?
Yes, exactly.
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