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Gaia7 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Money vs. dollars (countability)
Hi, I have a question regarding "money" and "dollars":
Is twenty dollars enough to buy an airplane ticket? - I think the most suitable answer would be for instance: No, it's not enough. - but in case I want to use much/many in my answer, what is more appropriate? Can I say: "Twenty dollars in not much". But much would be used in case of money but dollars is countable so therefore many should be correct, right? But it is weird to answer "Twenty dollars is not many". I mean....many would match dollars...I can count them. Or do dollars refer to money as currency in general? Don't know, please help....thank you.
Is twenty dollars enough to buy an airplane ticket? - I think the most suitable answer would be for instance: No, it's not enough. - but in case I want to use much/many in my answer, what is more appropriate? Can I say: "Twenty dollars in not much". But much would be used in case of money but dollars is countable so therefore many should be correct, right? But it is weird to answer "Twenty dollars is not many". I mean....many would match dollars...I can count them. Or do dollars refer to money as currency in general? Don't know, please help....thank you.
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You can't use many with money except when you're referring to dollar/(or any other currency for that matter) bills. There are many dollar bills in a million dollars. (ok) A million dollars refers to an amount of money which is uncountable.
- You can't use many with money except when you're referring to dollar/(or any other currency for that matter) bills.
- There are many dollar bills in a million dollars.
- (ok) A million dollars refers to an amount of money which is uncountable.
- Therefore you can't use many when talking about an amount of money.
- Since the word dollar is countable you can often see 'dollar' used in combination with countable determiners (many, one, two etc).
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You can't use many with money except when you're referring to dollar/(or any other currency for that matter) bills.
There are many dollar bills in a million dollars. (ok) A million dollars refers to an amount of money which is uncountable. Therefore you can't use many when talking about an amount of money. Since the word dollar is countable you can often see 'dollar' used in co
There are many dollar bills in a million dollars. (ok) A million dollars refers to an amount of money which is uncountable. Therefore you can't use many when talking about an amount of money. Since the word dollar is countable you can often see 'dollar' used in co
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