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Old 09-20-2020, 12:34 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by hobnail View Post
Forty? I don't understand the question. What are the alternatives to Forty that you're thinking of? Two score, ten more than thirty?
Fourty. I now see see that all the top web search hits say it fell out of use over 200 years ago, but I remember being taught (much much less than 200 years ago) that either was acceptable.
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