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[OM] Re: Flash Q and minor rant

Subject: [OM] Re: Flash Q and minor rant
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 02:30:30 -0800
Andrew Fildes wrote:

>As the convention (I checked with all of them by phone) is that the 
>plural of cent is cent - as in fifty cent stamp - then the possessive 
>is cent's. No?
>Sheepishly,
>
At least here in the states, there are still a few things that cost 50 
cents, such as the stamp you mention. If I pay for one with a dollar, my 
change is 50 cents. A fifty dollar bill is by definition worth fifty 
dollars. I'll leave it to a language scholar to define the difference 
between the two forms of usage.

Moose




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