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Meantolearn Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

in savings

"More than $275 in savings inside" <----- a line from a coupon book

1. Why savings appear in plural? Is 'saving' countable?

2. Is it OK to say, "More than $275 savings inside" meaning the same?

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Meantolearn "More than $275 in savings inside" <----- a line from a coupon book 1. Why savings appear in plural? Is 'saving' countable?

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  • Meantolearn "More than $275 in savings inside" <----- a line from a coupon book 1.
  • Why savings appear in plural?
  • Is 'saving' countable?
  • This implies that the savings are spread over several offers, rather than that there is one coupon that will save $275 on one item.
  • In other words there is more than one saving.
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Meantolearn"More than $275 in savings inside" <----- a line from a coupon book

1. Why savings appear in plural? Is 'saving' countable?

This implies that the savings are spread over several offers, rather than that there is one coupon that will save $275 on one item. In other words there is more than one saving.
Meantolearn
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Hi Forbes,

Thanks for the help.

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put sth by - phrasal verb (Cambridge)

to save an amount of money to use later:

e.g. I try to put by a few pounds every week.
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