Jackson6612  +  428316 Sun, 07 Oct 07 08:57 PM Is the following sentence correct? I bought it for $30 cents. Jackson6612 Joined on Wed, Dec 27 2006 Senior Member 3,688 It’s a difficult question for any man to answer… Whether to follow his dreams no matter what… Or to give in slowly and let life lead you where it will.

	khoff  +  428319 Sun, 07 Oct 07 09:07 PM No.  Did you buy it for $30 (thirty dollars) or 30 cents?  If it was thirty cents, don't use the $ symbol.  There is a cents symbol that you could use instead of the word (afrter the number), but it's not on my keyboard -- it looks like a c with a vertical line through it. khoff Joined on Sun, Mar 6 2005 Senior Member 3,278 Native speaker of American English (but not a grammar expert)

	Jackson6612  +  428328 Sun, 07 Oct 07 09:47 PM  Khoff wrote: No.  Did you buy it for $30 (thirty dollars) or 30 cents?  If it was thirty cents, don't use the $ symbol.  There is a cents symbol that you could use instead of the word (afrter the number), but it's not on my keyboard -- it looks like a c with a vertical line through it. Hi Khoff, But there are 100 cents in one Pound also. When someone says ''I bought it for 30 cents'', then how would I know if he bought it for ''dollar cents'' or ''pound cents''? Jackson6612

	rishonly  +  428339 Sun, 07 Oct 07 10:34 PM  Jackson6612 wrote:  Khoff wrote: No.  Did you buy it for $30 (thirty dollars) or 30 cents?  If it was thirty cents, don't use the $ symbol.  There is a cents symbol that you could use instead of the word (afrter the number), but it's not on my keyboard -- it looks like a c with a vertical line through it. Hi Khoff, But there are 100 cents in one Pound also. When someone says ''I bought it for 30 cents'', then how would I know if he bought it for ''dollar cents'' or ''pound cents''? Hi Jackson, AFIK, one pound is equal to 100 pence/penny (p), not 100 cents. rishonly Joined on Sat, Mar 5 2005 KUMBAKONAM,INDIA Contributing Member 1,782 Regards, Krishna

	Feebs11  +  428374 Mon, 08 Oct 07 01:05 AM £1.00 = 100 pennies one Euro = 100 cents $1.00 = 100 cents. Usually context will tell you which cents are being referred to. In stand-alone exercise sentences it is not really necessary to identify them. Feebs11 Joined on Thu, Nov 23 2006 UK Veteran Member 5,015