Question about sentences
Dear all,
I would like to know whether I can say " I have five cents of land around my house". I doubt whether this is an Indian usage. Kindly tell me how a native speaker tells this.
Thank you.
Top answer
A cent is a unit of money worth almost nothing. Land is not measured in cents. The land around a house is measured in square feet.
- A cent is a unit of money worth almost nothing.
- Land is not measured in cents.
- The land around a house is measured in square feet.
- Large tracts of land are measured in acres.
- Consequently, I don't know what you're trying to say.
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A cent is a unit of money worth almost nothing. Land is not measured in cents. The land around a house is measured in square feet. Large tracts of land are measured in acres.
Consequently, I don't know what you're trying to say.
CJ
0I found it in the OED: "A hundredth part of a unit of measurement, esp. of an inch or (now spec.) an acre. Now South Asian." In other words, 14.6 acres is 14 acres 60 cents.
I was unaware of that meaning of "cent". Here in the US, we do not normally speak of decimal acres. It's acres and common fractions, like a little over 14 and a half acres. So your five cents would be s
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