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Lucas21c Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Natural expression
Does "a hundred fifty years" or "a hundred seventy-five centimeters' sound natural? Or, should it be "one hundred ~"?
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Both are fine. I suppose you could say that "one" feels slightly more formal. In conversation people probably tend towards "a" because it is easier to say.
- Both are fine.
- I suppose you could say that "one" feels slightly more formal.
- In conversation people probably tend towards "a" because it is easier to say.
- Yours are AmE.
- In BrE we say "one/a hundred and fifty", "one/a hundred and seventy-five", and so on.
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Both are fine. I suppose you could say that "one" feels slightly more formal. In conversation people probably tend towards "a" because it is easier to say.
Yours are AmE. In BrE we say "one/a hundred and fifty", "one/a hundred and seventy-five", and so on.
Yours are AmE. In BrE we say "one/a hundred and fifty", "one/a hundred and seventy-five", and so on.
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