Re: USAGE: Currencies and -s
| From: | Padraic Brown <pbrown@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, August 29, 2000, 0:32 |
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On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Thomas R. Wier wrote:
>Speaking of weird plurals, what's the status of "pence"? Is that a plural
>of penny, or some independent usage?
It's the plural of "penny" as a money of account. In other words,
15 pence is a sum of money, regardless of what coins are used,
that equals 15p (or 15d before 1970). While 15 pennies is 15 1 penny
coins.
Padraic.
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