Measures Description
Out of the Books Stuff
The reference source of this material is Practical English Usage and High School English Grammar
Time description (The position of apostrophe is to be noted.)
An hour journey.
Two hours’ Journey. Or a journey of two hours. Or Two- hour journey.
Two days’ journey.
Five minutes’ duration. Also a Thirty minutes-surgery is also correct.
The weekly news. The late nigh news. Evening news.
Yesterday’s news. Last Month’s/Monday’s meeting.
One and a half hours. (One and half hour.)
Numerically Speaking
¼ - One fourth. One fourths.
2/5- Two fifths.
10/13 (Ten thirteenths.)
2/7 (Meter) two sevenths of a meter.
3.9 Three point nine.
0.766 (Length) Zero point seven six seven of a centimeter. (or) Zero point seven six six centimeters.
(Generally decimals above one are in plural form.)
0.789 Zero pint seven eight nine. (Zero point seven eight and nine.)
118/456 one hundred and eighteen over four hundred and fifty six.
1.5 meters (1.5 Meter.)
Measuring hot and cold.
72 degrees Fahrenheit. 72 degree Fahrenheit.
85 degrees Celsius. 85 degree Celsius.
Siberia is reeling under sub zero degrees Celsius. (Zero degree Celsius.)
Money matters.
Sixteen Hundred US Dollars. Sixteen hundreds US dollars.
Millions of dollars were spent on the new project.
There are 100 cents in Dollar.
A hundred rupee note (Indian Rupees.)
She sold her house for 70,000 dollars.
Three hundred and sixty five Dollars.
Historical events
1901 to 2000 A.D is called 20th century.
2001 to 2100 A.D is called 21st century.
The fort was built in seventeen hundred and thirty three (=1733 A.D)
He was crowned in fifteen hundred
More Examples
My brother is five feet tall
She is 7 kilos heavier than her sister
The first building 16 meters taller than the second one.
Compound nouns
Seventy-foot tall building
Seven-month old baby.
A seven-mile walk.
Ten foot-deep hole.
Five-hour programme.
NOTE: Plural of Tooth is Teeth and Plural of Foot is Feet
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