http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3614.32638)http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheSofaMeasuresFeet7feet/dcrx/post.htm#15611Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:58:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:15611trellis0http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheSofaMeasuresFeet7feet/dcrx/post.htm#15611http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-15611.xmlA 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.http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheSofaMeasuresFeet7feet/dcrx/post.htm#15373Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:58:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:15373ryan smith1http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheSofaMeasuresFeet7feet/dcrx/post.htm#15373http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-15373.xmlI 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.http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheSofaMeasuresFeet7feet/dcrx/post.htm#15340Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:58:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:15340Affix2http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheSofaMeasuresFeet7feet/dcrx/post.htm#15340http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-15340.xmlThat'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????http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheSofaMeasuresFeet7feet/dcrx/post.htm#15336Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:58:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:15336ryan smith3http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheSofaMeasuresFeet7feet/dcrx/post.htm#15336http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-15336.xmlThere 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.http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheSofaMeasuresFeet7feet/dcrx/post.htmSat, 23 May 2009 19:58:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:15331Affix4http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheSofaMeasuresFeet7feet/dcrx/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-15331.xmlWhich figure is the height? And the width???? (c)