Andrew Fildes wrote:
>As the convention (I checked with all of them by phone) is that the
>plural of cent is cent - as in fifty cent stamp - then the possessive
>is cent's. No?
>Sheepishly,
>
At least here in the states, there are still a few things that cost 50
cents, such as the stamp you mention. If I pay for one with a dollar, my
change is 50 cents. A fifty dollar bill is by definition worth fifty
dollars. I'll leave it to a language scholar to define the difference
between the two forms of usage.
Moose
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