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Layla1234 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

One hundred ten billion dollar or dollars

I would like to one which version is correct?

110$ billion -how to say this amount in English

Can I say one hundred ten billion dollars is spent? or are spent? I have some doubts because dollars can be countable? When can I say dollar or dollars? When can I make dollars plural?
  

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You would use the plural in this case. One hundred (and) ten billion dollars are spent each year on... I hope this helps.

— Sbolton

  • You would use the plural in this case.
  • One hundred (and) ten billion dollars are spent each year on...
  • I hope this helps.
  • -S
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You would use the plural in this case. One hundred (and) ten billion dollars are spent each year on...
I hope this helps.
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How about one hundred dollar or dollars?
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the answer is One hundred dollars
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Today most languages use nouns with plurals after numbers, among some others Hungarian is an exception. Though we also did so a few hundred years ago as a Latin effect (a redundance), today it is incorrect. Is it possible that the same thing is going on in English? Check it on the internet: the bigger the figures are, the more likely it is that users miss the ''s" . What is the reason of this proc
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The Beatles' She don't care has absolutely nothing to do with your original question

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layla1234110$ billion

In writing, always put the dollar sign before the number.

$110bn.

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