Dec 1, 2007 · Forty is the correct spelling, at least in the United States. It does get confusing, because it's related to the word "four", but "40" is properly spelled "forty".

Mar 26, 2011 · Les dejo la explicación de wikipedia: Notwithstanding being related to the word "four" (4), 40 is spelled "forty", and not "fourty". The reason is that etymologically (also in accents without the …

Feb 4, 2022 · Could you please explain this rule to me? Does it mean that numbers thirty-one, forty-five seventy-seven ninety-nine, etc are written with a hyphen but thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, …

Oct 2, 2005 · I was curious to know how the difference in spelling between four, fourteen and forty came about. Can anyone tell me? (I know, another word history question. . .) Thank you in advance, SMS:)

Jun 9, 2022 · It's normally Twenty oh one, twenty nineteen, nineteen forty-seven, ten sixty-six, nine fifty-seven. Two thousand and nineteen, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, one thousand and sixty-six, …

Jun 25, 2012 · No, forty-five hundred = four thousand five hundred = 4,500 "Forty-five hundred" is the most common way of expressing this in speech. The other way sounds slightly more formal. Ex. …

Jun 11, 2021 · You might use it if you were talking about items normally counted in hundreds. I could just about imagine "forty-four hundred cigarettes" or "forty-four hundred Roman legionaries", but not …

Apr 29, 2019 · A Forty (40 acres) is known as a 1/4 of a quarter Square Mile. In the Homestead Acts (1860s–), farmers were granted a quarter section; a section was nominally 1 square mile containing …

Apr 23, 2011 · A forty minutes' ride or a forty-minute ride? It is because it's a fixed expression (Seven years' war was in the 18th century, while Six-day war in the 200th century, hence, a more ''modern'' …

Oct 20, 2011 · They have forty _____ of cattle. which is correct? head or heads "Head", since "cattle" is uncountable. I think "bovine" would be countable though. So maybe "40 head of cattle" is an …