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For no other reason than that English spelling is a hodge-podge of changes and inconsistencies that developed over the last 1000+ years.
Why is "ough" pronounced differently in enough, though, through, ought, and cough?
Why does plague have one syllable but ague has two?
Why is the plural of boot spelled boots, but the plural of the appendage that fits in them is spelled feet instead of foots?
Why are the terms inaction and in action opposites?
Why does a fire both burn up a building and burn it down?
Why are singer and finger pronounced differently?
Ba-ding!
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How do you spell 41 42 43 44 45?
Forty-one Forty-two Forty-three Forty-four Forty-five Note: 4 = Four 14 = Fourteen 40 = Forty as in letter u is omitted in 40
What is the British spelling of 40?
Forty. For some reason, after four, and fourteen, we then drop the U. Silly British.
What is the correct spelling forty or forty?
The correct spelling of the number 40 is forty.Some may believe that in UK English it is spelt "fourty", but this is not the case. The 'u' is always omitted. This is because in some accents, when the word originated, there was a difference in pronunciation between the word four and the word for.On the other hand, 14 is spelled "fourteen", retaining the 'u'.
How many words can go into 'forty-four'?
F O R T Y F O U Rfor, you, rot, foot, root, your, four, forty, fort, to,
Why is 40 spelled forty and not forty?
The form "forty," like twenty, thirty, and fifty lost its original form due to changes in English pronunciation. It may be spelled that way because in some dialects, four is "fo-er" hence the need for a "U." But when saying forty, there is no other vowel so it simply excluded from the word due to simplicity.
Why are four and forty spelled differently rather than have the U in both?
The "u" was lost by contraction, just as three became thirty and five became fifty. In some dialects, fourty would be pronounced differently from forty, just as four is different from for in those dialects (four is sometimes two syllables).
Is the number 40 spelt forty or fourty?
The correct way to spell this number is forty."He is forty years old next month"."Fourty" is a very common misspelling of the word. Which is understandable since "four" usually has a "u" in it.
Why is forty not spelled with a U in it?
The U was lost long ago in the English form, as was the O in twenty and the E's in thirty. Only sixty, seventy, eighty, and ninety retain the unit name in their tens values.
8 letter word for Two-Digit number 3rd letter U?
fourteen
How do you write sixty eight thousand seven hundred forty four dollars and sixty nine cents?
68,744.69 or in words sixty eight thousand, seven hundred forty four dollars, and sixty nine cents..... u have to put the commas.
Justin Bieber will go out with a girl that is13 years old and she live im fort Wayne?
Justin only goes out with girls who are fourteen to sixteen b/v he feels like he he's protecting them more then if the'er older then him so when u turn fourteen or fifteen like me u can date him if u meet him lol
Does the number 40 have a 'U in words?
There is no U, forty.
