Posted by rfvv on Monday, October 4, 2010 at 2:24am.
1. Cut long rice cake into 4-5 cm pieces.
(How do you read '4-5 cm'?)
1-1. four to five centimeter
1-2. four and five centimeter
1-3 four or five centimeter
1-4 from four to five centimeter
(Which one is right? Do we have to read 'centimeters'?)
English - Writeacher, Monday, October 4, 2010 at 7:17am
I'd read that like 1-1. And yes, you need to read the word "centimeters" in the sentence. Otherwise, you would say to cut it into 4 to 5 pieces!! There's a big difference!
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Thank you for your help.
1. Cut long rice cake into 4-5 cm pieces.
1-1. Cut long rice cake into four to five centimeter pieces.
(Don't whe have to use the singular form 'centimeter'?)
2. That is is a 10 centimeter stick.
3. He is a three-year-old boy.
4. I have two dollar coins.
(What about the sentences? Do we have to use a singular form or a plural form? For example 'two dollar coins' or 'two dollars coins'?)
1-1 and 2 = There need to be hyphens here, just as there are in #3.
1-1. Cut long rice cake into four-to-five-centimeter pieces.
2. That is a 10-centimeter stick.
But if you were talking about actual centimeters, then you'd use the plural. "He is 168 centimeters tall."
1. The correct way to read "4-5 cm" would be "four to five centimeter pieces." In this case, "centimeter" should be in the singular form because it is referring to the unit of measurement for the length of the rice cake.
2. The sentence "That is a 10 centimeter stick" is correct. Here, the singular form "centimeter" is used because it is describing the length of a single stick.
3. The correct sentence is "He is a three-year-old boy." In this case, "year" is in the singular form because it is referring to a single unit of time.
4. The correct sentence is "I have two dollar coins." Here, the plural form "dollars" is used because it is describing multiple coins. The word "coins" is already indicating that there are more than one, so there is no need to use the plural form "dollars" in this sentence.