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Lwinsu Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

two hundreds or two hundred

I am comfusing to use s in currency note. Which one is right. Thanks

Q: two hundreds or two hundred
  

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It depends on what follows. You can say, " I gave him two hundred dollars". ) OR I gave two hundreds.

  • It depends on what follows.
  • You can say, " I gave him two hundred dollars".
  • ) OR I gave two hundreds.
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It depends on what follows.

You can say, " I gave him two hundred dollars". (This is usually preferred.)

OR

I gave two hundreds.
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I gave him two hundreds. - only if it was two $100 dollar notes, not any other combination of notes adding up to $200.

We use the single version of hundred and thousand in numbers, not just with currency. Three hundred apples. Four thousand dollars.
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what about 250 (as a number). some people say "two hundreds and fifty"
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to write in a check three hundred forty only
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three hundred forty
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For a bank note, you should use the numeral spelling "two hundred dollars".

The "I gave him two hundreds" is considering a "hundred" as a name for a 100 dollar bill, and that would imply you paid with 2 100 dollar bills, that is, not 4 50 dollar bills.

"two hundreds" can be used when a hundred X is a conventional size for a set of X's. For instance, when talking about white pape

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