Fourteen dozen cost OR fourteen dozen costs
I have to replace the bold part with correct phrase.
#1 At present rate of exchange, fourteen dozen cost Rs. 3000.
A. Fourteen dozen costs
B. Fourteen dozens cost
C. fourteen dozens costs
D. No error
I have read a rule saying if we use number before dozen, hundred, thousand etc we use their singular form. For example: two thousand workers, four dozen mangoes.
According to this answer should be A (Fourteen dozen costs). My doubt is that "cost" is here noun, then it should be plural or not. Example: two dozen mangoes cost Rs 200.
#2 Is this correct to say "two dozens of mangoes". (exam point of view)
Thank you
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taruns1008 I have to replace the bold part with correct phrase. At the present rate of exchange, fourteen dozen cost(s) Rs. 3000.
- taruns1008 I have to replace the bold part with correct phrase.
- At the present rate of exchange, fourteen dozen cost(s) Rs.
- 3000.
- Both verb forms are acceptable: '14 dozen' may be considered several units or a single quantity.
- However, the inclusion of the specific number '14' causes 'cost' to sound more reasonable to me.
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taruns1008I have to replace the bold part with correct phrase.
At the present rate of exchange, fourteen dozen cost(s) Rs. 3000.
Both verb forms are acceptable: '14 dozen' may be considered several units or a single quantity. However, the inclusion of the specific number '
0taruns1008#2 Is this correct to say "two dozens of mangoes". (exam point of view)
No.
When you have a plural noun, mangos, use the matching plural verb form. "Two dozen" is a quantifier, a noun modifier.
Two dozen mangos cost Rs 200.
Also, we say either "dozens" (by itself) or "n dozen" where n is a number.
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