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one hundred and fifty mile an hour.  (mile)one hundred and fifty miles an hour.  (miles)ten pound fifty pence. (pound)ten pounds fifty pence. (pounds)Which is correct? Thank you.

Holyduke · Accepted Answer

150 miles

Don't know about pounds and pence(s)? So I'll use dollars:

$10.50 ten dollars and fifty cents

When the unit is not exactly "one", use plural.

Pavlides · Answer

I have heard Englishmen use ten pound fifty pence for example.

Is this correct?

Holyduke · Answer

Did a bit of research:
Ten pounds (and) fifty pence. [ you need the s after pound ]

From the website
http://www.studyenglishtoday.net/british-money.html

"Writing and Saying Amounts of Money
When we write amounts of money in figures, the pound symbol £ is always shown in front of the figures. For example: 'three hundred pounds' --- > '£300'.

If an amount of money consists only of pence, we put the letter 'p' after the figures. For example: 20p is often pronounced "twenty pee" rather than "twenty pence". The singular of pence is "penny".

If an amount of money consists of both pounds and pence, we write the pound symbol and separate the pounds and the pence with a full stop. We do not write 'p' after the pence. For example: 'six pounds fifty pence' —> '£6.50'. When saying aloud an amount of money that consists of pounds and pence, we do not usually say the word 'pence'. For example: '£6.50' —> 'six pounds fifty'.

Note also that we say 2 pounds, 5 pounds, 10 pounds, etc. for amounts of money and 2 pound coin, 5 pound note, 10 pound note, etc. for a piece of money (coins and notes)."

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