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Hi Quoc,
I could recommend two books that you might find useful:
The Advanced Learner's Dictionary published by Oxford University Press, which not only defines words but also uses them in illustrative sentences.
Right Word Wrong Word by L G Alexander published by Longman. This books defines groups of related words and how each should be used.
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| Sun Aug 20, 2006 13:21 pm Difference between rate, change and fees |
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Also, you wrote the numbers for the money wrong.
We don't write 3$ or 15$. The dollar sign must come BEFORE the number. The correct way to write this is $3 or $15. It's the same with every unit of currency: ?3, ?15, ?3, ?15, ?3000, ?15,000, etc. |
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| Sun Aug 20, 2006 13:29 pm Difference between rate, change and fees |
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Dear teacher,
Can I write: $15.000?
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| Sun Aug 20, 2006 13:50 pm Difference between rate, change and fees |
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| tung quoc wrote: | | Can I write: $15.000? |
$15,000 means fifteen thousand dollars.
$15.000 means fifteen dollars, but we would not write more than two zeros. |
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| Sun Aug 20, 2006 13:57 pm Difference between rate, change and fees |
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Dear teacher,
I don't understand. Please tell me when use , , when use ; in numbers?
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| Sun Aug 20, 2006 14:16 pm Difference between rate, change and fees |
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| tung quoc wrote: | | I don't understand. Please tell me when use , , when use ; in numbers? |
In English we use the comma for separating thousands from hundreds: 1,000 and 15,000 are examples. They mean one thousand and fifteen thousand.
We use the period (full stop) to separate whole numbers from decimals. For example, 10.5 means ten and five tenths, or ten and a half, and 12.45 means twelve and forty-five one-hundredths. When we write the figures for money, we use the period in the same way. So, $15.00 means fifteen dollars and no cents, and $1.45 means one dollar and forty-five cents. |
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| Sun Aug 20, 2006 21:43 pm Difference between rate, change and fees |
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| Jamie wrote: | | In English we use the comma |
Why the comma? Why not a comma? Or both are correct?
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| Wed Aug 23, 2006 13:23 pm Difference between rate, change and fees |
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Hi Tom
"We use the (punctuation mark called) comma...." 
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