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: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/LbL/cprwh/post.htm#241002Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:53:35 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:241002Likeguslee0http://www.englishforums.com/English/LbL/cprwh/post.htm#241002http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-241002.xml5 lbs. There is a new TV series being planned for 2007 season, and its title is "3 lbs."http://www.englishforums.com/English/LbL/cprwh/post.htm#240899Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:53:35 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:240899Teo1http://www.englishforums.com/English/LbL/cprwh/post.htm#240899http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-240899.xmlIs 5 pounds abbvreviated as 5 lbs or 5lb?http://www.englishforums.com/English/LbL/cprwh/post.htm#240894Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:53:35 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:240894Teo2http://www.englishforums.com/English/LbL/cprwh/post.htm#240894http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-240894.xmlhttp://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-pou1.htm From Andrea : “Why are pounds, when used as a weight, abbreviated lbs ?” The origin is in the Latin word libra , which could mean both balance scales (hence the symbol for the astrological sign Libra, which was named after a constellation that was thought to resemble scales) and also a pound weight, for which the full expression was libra pondo , the second word being the origin of our pound .http://www.englishforums.com/English/LbL/cprwh/post.htm#240888Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:53:35 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:240888Marius Hancu3http://www.englishforums.com/English/LbL/cprwh/post.htm#240888http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-240888.xmlEtymology:Latin librahttp://www.englishforums.com/English/LbL/cprwh/post.htmWed, 25 Mar 2009 17:53:35 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:240880Teo4http://www.englishforums.com/English/LbL/cprwh/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-240880.xmlWhen pound is used as a unit of weight, it is abbreviated as lb. When it is used as a unit of money, it is abgreviated like a cursive capital L . What are the original words for lb, and L?