"50.00$ was taken from the hotel safe" - why "was" and not "were"?
"50.000$ was taken from the hotel safe" - why "was" and not "were"?
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Because these types of quantity indicators are usually used in singular according to grammar rules. These are imagined as singular although it's not so. For ex: -- 2000 metres is very difficult to run in 10 minutes.
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Because these types of quantity indicators are usually used in singular according to grammar rules. These are imagined as singular although it's not so. For ex: -- 2000 metres is very difficult to run in 10 minutes.
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It's used as a singular noun because you are thinking of it as one amount rather than individual pieces of money.
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Even though $50 can made up of several smaller denominations, it is thought of as one bunch or one amount when used this way in a sentence. You are thinking of the amount rather than individual bills.
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