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Old 09-21-2020, 03:12 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by j.p.s View Post
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.
Hmm... Even the 1001 Nights (British spelling, 140 years old, even older language) uses "forty", but it might be the translator's/printer's oversight.
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