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Angliholic Posted 17 years ago
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I have two hundred dollars to spend my allowance

Every day I have two hundred dollars to spend (as) my allowance.
Every day I have two hundred dollars as my allowance to spend.

Hi,
Do both of the above sound right and mean about the same to you? If not, how would you reword them? Thanks.
  

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I certainly hope your sentences are not being uttered by a 12-year-old, Angliholic. That would be some allowance! Besides the extravagant allowance, I really don't like the rest of the wording in either of them.

— Yankee

  • I certainly hope your sentences are not being uttered by a 12-year-old, Angliholic.
  • That would be some allowance!
  • Besides the extravagant allowance, I really don't like the rest of the wording in either of them.
  • I'd suggest something like this: - Every day I have a ten-dollar allowance to spend.
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I certainly hope your sentences are not being uttered by a 12-year-old, Angliholic. That would be some allowance! Emotion: big smile

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Or, if maybe you mean that you are on a business trip and your office has authorized $200 worth of expenses for your daily hotel, transportation, meals, etc., you could say "I have a $200 per diem."
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