1 can be correct IF and ONLY IF you are using the whole phrase as an adjective: This is a two thousand dollar watch.
Otherwise 3 as was said.
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1 can be correct IF and ONLY IF you are using the whole phrase as an adjective: This is a two thousand dollar watch.
Otherwise 3 as was said.
Maybe my memory is bad, but I don't remember EVER hearing someone say, "here are ten dollars", unless they were holding ten one dollar bills. I'm quite sure I've never heard the equivalent, "here are...
Sure:
1 I'm going to school.
2 I'm going to the bank.
3 I'm going to the store.
4 I'm going to church.
Why do we use "the" in 2 and 3, but not 1 and 4? Nobody knows.[/quote]
In British...
Sure:
1 I'm going to school.
2 I'm going to the bank.
3 I'm going to the store.
4 I'm going to church.
Why do we use "the" in 2 and 3, but not 1 and 4? Nobody knows.
There's no good explanation. It's just one of the mysteries of English. If we didn't put in things like that it would be TOO easy.
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