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Thread #132499 Message #4050818
Posted By: Doug Chadwick
06-May-20 - 09:20 AM
Thread Name: BS: Language Pet Peeves
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves
This is not thread half-a-thousand.
It is FIVE HUNDRED
And yet, "He bought a house for half a million pounds" and "He bought a house for five hundred thousand pounds" are equally acceptable.