Jumat, 27 Mei 2011

A NINE FOOT PIANO OR A NINE FEET PIANO ?

ANSWER: With different measurements of time/distance/length it is correct to use the plural when the description comes after the noun and to use the singular when the description comes before the noun.
Example:
A 9 foot piano. The piano is 9 feet long.
A seventeen year old youth. The youth is seventeen years old.
A 100 metre high building. A building which is 100 metres high.
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Spelling Bee list of words

Spelling bee list of words
1. Profitable
2. interrogate
3. extraordinary
4. passage
5. mission
6. interminable
7. degree
8. parable
9. canine
10. innate
11. assistant
12. potpourri
13. necessity
14. inhibition
15. infinite
16. obese
17. arrangement
18. infamous
19. favorable
20. premonition
21. calculate
22. infallible
23. borrowed
24. prestigious
25. continues
26. jurisdiction
27. vertigo
28. awesome
29. valor
30. lucrative
31. prodigy
32. infuriate
33. malady
34. pensive
35. badger
36. vigil
37. maladjusted
38. voracious
39. nostalgia
40. Abstain
41. barometer
42. malevolent
43. vulnerable
44. veneer
45. malign
46. persevere
47. vigilant
48. malignant
49. potential
50. personification
51. statues
52. originate
53. inevitable
54. echoes
55. precipitate
56. drawn
57. inert
58. precocious
59. omnipotent
60. propeller
61. incredulous
62. faulty
63. ominous
64. messenger
65. incapacitated
66. procrastinate
67. obsess
68. considerable
69. inane
70. argued
71. obscure
72. excessive
73. imprudent
74. equipment
75. deliberate
76. mandate
77. permeate
78. Fatigue
79. manifest
80. vestige
81. perpetuate
82. materialism
83. vivacious
84. nomadic
85. venerable
86. menial
87. vogue
88. neurotic
89. venom
90. mercenary
91. phenomenon
92. universal
93. metamorphosis
94. plaintiff
95. transient
96. meticulous
97. vindicate
98. caricature
99. mortality
100. derelict
101. occurred
102. scandalized
103. inventory
104. embargo
105. shuddering
106. prefer
107. described
108. omitted
109. disposition
110. forbidden
111. growth
112. tepees
113. opera
114. spirits
115. pattern
116. deterrent
117. putter
118. orbit
119. heroes
120. terror
121. patronage
122. recurrent
123. cameos
124. pressure
125. interference
126. surveillance
127. essay
128. intrusion
129. marvelous
130. neither
131. cannery
132. religious
133. scattered
134. pursue
135. bodies
136. liability
137. sufficient
138. tendency
139. fried
140. explain
141. clippers
142. supreme
143. properly
144. interfere
145. fertilize
146. university
147. obeyed
148. entertainment
149. progress
150. exceedingly
151. comply
152. permission
153. pilots
154. deceive
155. conversation
156. encountering
157. recessed
158. struggled
159. permitted
160. refer
161. issued
162. regretting
163. interviews
164. unduly
165. valued
166. procession
167. thrilling
168. mosquito
169. vessel
170. remittance
171. irresistible
172. beggar
173. initiation
174. annoyance
175. deficient
176. advising
177. intelligent
178. launching
179. pronunciation
180. capably
181. presume
182. beige
183. appearance
184. cottage
185. studious
186. attorney
187. accurate
188. satisfied
189. carriage
190. imperfect
191. snobbery
192. inclusion
193. affectionately
194. situation
195. referred
196. frustrate
197. serenity
198. intrepid
199. disciple
200. skirmish
201. futility
202. senile
203. jeopardize
204. solicit
205. belligerent
206. garbled
207. profuse
208. amnesty
209. docile
210. gaunt
211. resourceful
212. acknowledge
213. emaciated
214. saga
215. gratuity
216. eminent
217. absurd
218. proximity
219. humility
220. rampant
221. arbitrary
222. evaluate
223. cumulative
224. spontaneous
225. imbibe
226. succulent
227. implacable
228. subservient
229. clandestine
230. exonerate
231. wince
232. imminent
233. zenith
234. intimidate
235. trivial
236. expedite
237. denote
238. concur
239. imperative
240. devout
241. fabricate
242. circumstances
243. terminate
244. curtail
245. vehemently
246. gullible
247. enunciate
248. irate
249. engrossed
250. habitat
251. dormant
252. accomplice
253. qualm
254. haven
255. dexterity
256. irrational
257. elicit
258. heresy
259. sedentary
260. discreet
261. hoard
262. dubious
263. inundate
264. rabid
265. hostile
266. repertoire
267. accommodate
268. remuneration
269. illegal
270. fatality
271. taboo
272. zealous
273. feasible
274. tantalize
275. negligible
276. sullen
277. felon
278. ultimate
279. benevolent
280. turbulent
281. flagrant
282. technology
283. implore
284. debris
285. surmise
286. forthwith
287. derived
288. ubiquitous
289. frugal
290. derogatory
291. vacillate
292. jubilant
293. gravity
294. privilege
295. successor
296. secure
297. representatives
298. mischievous
299. seriously
300. conversion
301. inconvenience
302. enclosure
303. unassisted
304. vulnerable
305. distinctly
306. antisocial
307. contribution
308. insensitive
309. attentive
310. procedure
311. luckless
312. illustrious
313. ornaments
314. internally
315. specific
316. possibility
317. legitimate
318. monument
319. ancient
320. parallel
321. height
322. institute
323. confident
324. incidentally
325. criminal
326. society
327. janitor
328. debt
329. stressful
330. freight
331. provide
332. technical
333. journal
334. terribly
335. peerless
336. evidence
337. simplification
338. doubtless
339. disapprove
340. qualifications
341. instruction
342. grammar
343. ninth
344. obviously
345. temporary
346. protection
347. mismanage
348. warrant
349. thoughtfully
350. expensive
351. weapon
352. proceeded
353. druggist
354. indulgence
355. senior
356. incorrect
357. exactly
358. peppery
359. opportunity
360. protein
361. perceived
362. nonessential
363. relief
364. confidentially
365. shelves
366consists
377. resources
368. mutual
369. offense
370. despair
371. negligent
372. distribution
373. unenforceable
374. sketch
375. apiece
376. adverb
377. transfer
378. driven
379. extreme
380. chiefly
381. reception
382. single
383. experiment
384. accidentally
385. peculiar
386. deceived
387. satisfactory
388. drowned
389. opposite
390. digestive
391. forgery
392. civil
393. attendance
394. communicating
395. compulsory
396. colonists
397. apologize
398. brilliant
399. criticism
400. essence
401. jewelry
402. believable
403. occurrence
404. desiring
405. compromise
406. laboratory
407. consequence
408. responsible
409. salary
410. sympathy
411. dormitory
412. machinery
413. visible
414. deplorable
415. theory
416. generation
417. advertisement
418. practically
419. instance
420. contrary
421. incident
422. styles
423. analyzing
424. established
425. burglary
426. assurance
427. faithfully
428. documents
429. preparation
430. furnish
431. fashionable
432. projector
433. horrible
434. variable
435. closely
436. poultry
437. pronounceable
438. anonymous
439. extension
440. agriculture
441. applicant
442. flexible
443. anxious
444. military
445. nursing
446. verbalize
447. expression
448. abominable
449. correspondence
450. monetary
451. minister
452. duration
453. administration
454. register
455. idolize
456. convenience
457. secondary
458. reversible
459. capitalize
460. generally
461. minimize
462. honorary
463. radiate
464. prominent
465. punishable
466. carrier
467. horizontal
468. disastrous
469. urgent
470. suspicious
471. rectangular
472. delegate
473. superstition
474. consensus
475. hesitate
476. distinct
477. educator
478. democratic
479. accompanied
480. scarcity
481. cooperated
482. melodious
483. constant
484. motion
485. independence
486. outrageous
487. deserve
488. accountable
489. borrower
490. delicate
491. parliament
492. eligible
493. changeable
494. dominate
495. genius
496. industrial
497. planet
498. license
499. ledger
500. organization
501. imagination
502. serviceable
503. evidently
504. reign
505. miscellaneous
506. poetry
507. manager
508. repetition
509. personally
510. lender
511. particular
512. excellent
513. unreliable
514. miserable
515. sacrifice
516. fibrous
517. desirable
518. destination
519. commerce
520. enticement
521. evaporate
522. modifies
523. officious
524. triangle
525. preventable
526. summary
527. escalator
528. prospered
529.con