Re: USAGE: Currencies and -s

At 17:22 28.8.2000 -0700, SMITH,MARCUS ANTHONY wrote:

>Hmm.  Now that I think of it, I do use "pesos".  I prefer to use "mark"
>instead of "marks" but I wouldn't find it too strange if someone said it.
>Just seems awkward to me.  Maybe the difference is that here in S.
>California, people quite frequently talk about pesos, but it is uncommon
>to hear about anything else.
>
>Marcus
For me "mark" takes the plural "mark" in Swedish but "marks" in English...

/BP 8^)>
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