Are people's £ key broken?

V F · 3 Oct 2017 at 18:24

Spunkey said:
It's not technically correct. Do you write 200$ as well?

spoffle · 3 Oct 2017 at 18:26

Ace Modder said:
Technical is this correct, you say "that TV is two hundred pound", so the £ symbol should be after the number. You don't say "that TV is pound two hundred"

Pound or pounds?

Tee Hee Johnson · 3 Oct 2017 at 20:32

Mine is fine $

rubberduck · 3 Oct 2017 at 20:37

I used to play trick at school where I ask people if they want £5. If they say yes I hit (pounded) their arm 5 times. No one liked me....

Ace Modder · 4 Oct 2017 at 09:10

spoffle said:
Pound or pounds?

Isn't that one where both are correct, and neither are wrong?

Or maybe it is past tense or present tense?

My TV was two hundred pound?
That TV is two hundred pounds?

This is how I usually use pound vs pounds. Actually I don't know what is correct though.

shroomz · 4 Oct 2017 at 09:49

£ key on a phone is usually in a weird obscure place, and on the iPhone it's a pain in the bottom to get to the front of a number, more so if you don't get it right first time would be my guess

ubersonic · 4 Oct 2017 at 09:55

shroomz said:
£ key on a phone is usually in a weird obscure place

I remember having to tech support a relative once who was being asked by a switchboard to press the pound key for the choice he wanted and nothing happened when he pressed the £ XD

shroomz · 4 Oct 2017 at 10:18

ubersonic said:
I remember having to tech support a relative once who was being asked by a switchboard to press the pound key for the choice he wanted and nothing happened when he pressed the £ XD

Too many pound sign designations hehe

GravyMonster · 4 Oct 2017 at 14:12

Ace Modder said:
Isn't that one where both are correct, and neither are wrong?

It depends on the context. When it's a single pound, or describing a single item then it's pound, eg. "This costs one pound", "That is a seven pound item".

My TV was two hundred pound?
That TV is two hundred pounds?

In that context the first line is wrong. Pounds should be plural.

Ace Modder · 4 Oct 2017 at 14:19

Spunkey said:
It depends on the context. When it's a single pound, or describing a single item then it's pound, eg. "This costs one pound", "That is a seven pound item".

So if I was to say
"One apple was two pound"

but if I was talking about three apples should it be
"These three apples were six pound"
or should it be
"These three apples were six pounds"
because it is not a single item?

Amp34 · 5 Oct 2017 at 04:14

Remove the s if it’s a single pound, but always have it if it’s any more than a pound (doesn't matter how many items).

“This shirt is one pound”
“These 5 shirts are one pound”
“This shirt is three pounds”
“These shirts are three pounds”

The exception being if it’s a single item and the item comes after the price

“that’s a thirty pound shirt”

That is unless your a London cabby or marketholder, then everything will be without the “s”.

“That’ll be for paund pleese”

Akagi · 5 Oct 2017 at 04:24

bledd said:
Hold left ALT, tap (numkeys) 0163, release ALT.

Voila

Soz brah, got a tenkeyless board.

bledd · 5 Oct 2017 at 13:14

Acme said:
Soz brah, got a tenkeyless board.

Well you can copy and paste this then..

£

TheVoice · 5 Oct 2017 at 19:19

Ace Modder said:
Technical is this correct, you say "that TV is two hundred pound", so the £ symbol should be after the number. You don't say "that TV is pound two hundred"

No it isn't, the way things are written doesn't necessarily have to reflect the way they are spoken.