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pound and mile, or pounds and miles ?

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MaryAnnSmotheredinchocolate · 14/03/2008 23:43

I really dislike 'three pound' or 'it's 15 mile away' - is it incorrect though, or just not nice ?

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PrettyCandles · 14/03/2008 23:46

Incorrect, I think.

Although you would say, correctly, "I weigh 10 stone", not "10 stones". Though it would, unfortunately, be incorrect if I said it .

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DeeRiguer · 14/03/2008 23:48

its incorrect i say
3 pounds 15 miles they are plural innit?

sounds wrong too

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cat64 · 14/03/2008 23:54

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MaryAnnSmotheredinchocolate · 15/03/2008 14:10

mmm, MIL says it, for miles, and she's from E Midlands

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RosaIsRed · 15/03/2008 15:17

Incorrect. Stamp it out. No regional variation permitted.

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