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#2 (permalink) Tue Jul 12, 2016 10:15 am 5 dollar worth (?) |
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five dollars-worth _________________ "Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened."
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#4 (permalink) Tue Jul 12, 2016 13:26 pm 5 dollar worth (?) |
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Since it is not five dollars, but gas worth five dollars that he wants to put in, I think 'five-dollar worth' or 'five dollars' worth' should be more acceptable as suggested by the poster.
As you say, there is a growing tendency to drop the apostrophe and write the phrases as 'two weeks notice', 'medicos association', 'senior citizens forum' etc. _________________ Anglophile
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#5 (permalink) Tue Jul 12, 2016 13:28 pm 5 dollar worth (?) |
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I disagree that the singular form of 'dollar' would work here (however you choose to view it 'five' requires a plural), however else you choose to punctuate it (and in modern use, as noted, there is a lot of flexibility with regard to the punctuation). _________________ "Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened."
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#6 (permalink) Tue Jul 12, 2016 13:40 pm 5 dollar worth (?) |
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Flexibility is welcome when there is no confusion about comprehending the meaning the writer wants to convey. _________________ Anglophile
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