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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/HowMetersKilometer/3/dlwwr/Post.htm#499888Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:50:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:499888Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/3/dlwwr/Post.htm#499888http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-499888.xmlthe first answerhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/2/dlwwr/Post.htm#493766Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:50:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:493766Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/2/dlwwr/Post.htm#493766http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-493766.xmlNumber 1 is correcthttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/2/dlwwr/Post.htm#490472Tue, 26 May 2009 19:50:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:490472Anonymous2http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/2/dlwwr/Post.htm#490472http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-490472.xmlI think that the second one is the right one be cause the first one is not considered as a complete sentence.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/2/dlwwr/Post.htm#490095Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:50:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:490095Yankee3http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/2/dlwwr/Post.htm#490095http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-490095.xmlI think we have already firmly established that there are 1000 meters in one kilometer. By the way, you can get this type of information from a dictionary: http://www.bartleby.com/61/18/K0061800.htmlhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/2/dlwwr/Post.htm#490093Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:50:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:490093Anonymous4http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/2/dlwwr/Post.htm#490093http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-490093.xml100, i have no idea i really need helphttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/2/dlwwr/Post.htm#481907Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:50:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:481907Yoong Liat5http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/2/dlwwr/Post.htm#481907http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-481907.xmlHow many meteres are in a kilometer? (meters - definitely a typo) There are 1000 meteres in a kilometer. How many metres are there in a kilometre ? (In BrE, it should be &#39;metres&#39; and &#39;kilometre&#39;.)http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/2/dlwwr/Post.htm#481700Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:50:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:481700Anonymous6http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/2/dlwwr/Post.htm#481700http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-481700.xmlRe: How many meters (are there) in a kilometer?http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/2/dlwwr/Post.htm#480029Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:50:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:480029Anonymous7http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/2/dlwwr/Post.htm#480029http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-480029.xml1000http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/2/dlwwr/Post.htm#475881Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:50:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:475881Anonymous8http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/2/dlwwr/Post.htm#475881http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-475881.xmlNumber two is right. I think!!http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/2/dlwwr/Post.htm#475880Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:50:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:475880Anonymous9http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/2/dlwwr/Post.htm#475880http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-475880.xmlI woukd really like to help you but I&#39;m running into the same trouble!!! Oops!http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/dlwwr/post.htm#462458Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:50:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:462458Grammar Geek10http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/dlwwr/post.htm#462458http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-462458.xmlHow many meteres are in a kilometer? There are 1000 meteres in a kilometer.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/dlwwr/post.htm#462453Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:50:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:462453Anonymous11http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/dlwwr/post.htm#462453http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-462453.xmlmy question was how many meters in a kilometerhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/dlwwr/post.htm#425996Tue, 26 May 2009 19:50:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:425996Anonymous12http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/dlwwr/post.htm#425996http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-425996.xmlHow many meters are in a kilometer?http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/dlwwr/post.htm#307480Tue, 26 May 2009 19:50:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:307480Goodman13http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/dlwwr/post.htm#307480http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-307480.xml# 2 is correct but I can't agree with Inch on # 1. I don't understand what you mean by "both structures are used". To me, wrong English is being used everyday? # 1 is incorrect in grammatical piont of view. How many meters in a kilometer . - Yes, in this structure, it's correct; not the way it was posted. By itself, it is not a queston, nor it's a statement.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/dlwwr/post.htm#307110Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:50:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:307110New2grammar14http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/dlwwr/post.htm#307110http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-307110.xmlGot it! thanks!!!http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/dlwwr/post.htm#307062Tue, 26 May 2009 19:50:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:307062Inchoateknowledge15http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/dlwwr/post.htm#307062http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-307062.xmlYour first sentence has no verb. Therefore, the sentence is not grammatical. It should be "There are 1000 metres in one kilometer". It means 1000 times one meter ----------------------------- 1000 meters is very long for a table 1000 metres in this sentence is considered a distance, and not 1000 time s one meter. This is why the singular.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/dlwwr/post.htm#307059Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:50:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:307059New2grammar16http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/dlwwr/post.htm#307059http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-307059.xmlI dont really understand what you mean by internal structure . Anyway, it's good to know that both are acceptable. By the way, is the following answer to question (2) correct? There are 1000 meters in a kilometer? Or should it be: There is 1000 meters in a kilometer using the logic of "1000 meters is very long for a table", which treats meters as a single unit.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/dlwwr/post.htm#307057Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:50:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:307057Inchoateknowledge17http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/dlwwr/post.htm#307057http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-307057.xmlboth structures are used. 1 is not an internal structure that is attributed to a grammatical sentence.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/dlwwr/post.htmThu, 26 Feb 2009 20:50:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:307054New2grammar18http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowMetersKilometer/dlwwr/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-307054.xmlWhich of the following two sentences is correct? 1. How many meters in a kilometer? 2. How many meters are there in a kilometer?