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Tcl  +  471672 Fri, 01 Feb 08 11:26 PM

Please help!


1- It is a four foot five inches exterior sign or it is a four feet five inches exterior sign.

2- It is a 200 square foot kitchen or It is a 200 square feet kitchen.
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Feebs11  +  471685 Sat, 02 Feb 08 12:07 AM
In both cases "foot" would be normal usage. There is no reason why you cannot use either foot or feet.
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Philip  +  471687 Sat, 02 Feb 08 12:16 AM
 Feebs11 wrote:
In both cases "foot" would be normal usage. There is no reason why you cannot use either foot or feet.
And 'inch' in the singular as well.
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CalifJim  +  471703 Sat, 02 Feb 08 02:03 AM
In the adjective position, such expressions are always singular.

No one ever says a five-dollars bill, for example.

CJ
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Anonymous, 158 days ago

You can use eight-foot boards to side a house, but “foot” is correct only in this sort of adjectival phrase combined with a number (and usually hyphenated). The boards are eight feet (not foot) long. It’s always X feet per second and X feet away.



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