Affix  +  15331 Tue, 09 Dec 03 03:45 AM Which figure is the height? And the width???? (c) Affix Joined on Mon, Nov 24 2003 New Member 25

	ryan smith  +  15336 Tue, 09 Dec 03 04:31 AM There is not enough information. However, I have never seen a sofa that was 7 feet (~2 m) high so I'd guess that 7 feet is the width. ryan smith Joined on Tue, Sep 9 2003 CLASSIFIED Full Member 199

	Affix  +  15340 Tue, 09 Dec 03 05:08 AM That's true! But we do have a grammar rule in this kind of situation right??? So what's that?? What's the order of these two figures in a formal situation??? What if we have three figures describing the height, width and depth???? Affix Grammar

	ryan smith  +  15373 Tue, 09 Dec 03 09:10 AM I don't know of any grammar rule for this. Maybe someone else does. Besides, if there were a grammar rule, you'd have to trust that everyone followed it. Trusting a buliding contractor or furniture salesperson to follow an obscure rule of grammar would be crazy. Anyone concerned with the actual measurements of the sofa would write something like one of these: The sofa is 3 feet high and 7 feet long. The sofa measures 3 feet in height and 7 feet in length. The sofa measures 3'W x 7'L x 4'D. (D is depth) The sofa measures 3 feet in height, 7 feet in length, and 4 feet in depth. etc. Mix and match them if you like. ryan smith Grammar

	trellis  +  15611 Thu, 11 Dec 03 03:03 PM A word of warning: You may sometimes hear Americans say the word "height" as if it ends with a TH. They do this because they learned to pronouce the word incorrectly when they were young. They made a mistaken mental connection between height and width and depth. Width and depth do end with a TH sound, but height ends with a T and rhymes with bite. trellis Joined on Tue, Oct 21 2003 Full Member 397