European currency [euro]

[misialo]

Hello all,

I would like to ask about currency.
Could we distinguish between "euro" and "euros"...?

what is correct version:

1 euro, 2 euros, 3 euros and so on

or

1 euro, 2 euro, 3 euro and so on..?

In my mother tongue we say "euro" for singular and plural so I am a little confused with it...

thanks in advance!

Michael

[Yankee]

Hi Michael

In English, the plural form of euro is written with an 's': euros

1 euro, 25 euros

It is also acceptable to write euro's as the plural form, however that would not be my preference.

Amy
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[misialo]

thank you Amy.

[prezbucky]

Amy's preference for "euros" over "euro's" is right on -- there is a reason why we don't generally condone putting apostrophes in non-possessive plural nouns.

"euro's" logically means "euro is" or that euro (a person, place or thing) owns something.

If there is any way at all to omit an apostrophe from a non-possessive plural noun, please do so.
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[Floren]

I think, we can write the euro like other currency, singular we write "euro" and plural we write "euros",

In our country, we write "VND" for singular, and "VNDs" for plural, anyway is wright,

[Tamara]

dollar status vs dollar's status
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[prezbucky]

"dollar" might even be capitalized... I'm not sure if that's the proper way to write it.

Which sounds better?

a) What is the dollar's status?

or

b) What is the dollar status?

"Dollar status" might be taken to mean the amount of money you've got.

"What's your dollar status, pal?"

"Eh, I wish I had more!"

So in referring to the Dollar, as in the currency and its value versus other currencies, I'd use "Dollar's status" (or with a lower-case d, if that is acceptable).
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[Tamara]

yeah
thanks
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[FangFang]

In my country we only write one yuan ,two yuan , one hundred yuan and so on. No pl forms. Maybe it is just a habit .