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Old 01-01-2010, 05:00 PM   #25
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Originally Posted by monster View Post
not on a british cheque. Then it's "nine pounds and ninety-six pence only"
but . . . that's the same thing. You are separating the units with an "and"

I don't pretend to understand British money, and I read something about decimilization? but just as we separate the dollars from the cents with the "and," you are separating the pounds and the pence.
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