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English - EEUU. May 19, 2010. #7. It is "a dozen" eggs because "a dozen"= "twelve"; both serve as adjectives modifying the noun eggs and do not require "of". This is different from "a pair of shoes" because "pair" is a noun and not an adjective, followed by the preposition "of" which is followed by "shoes", a noun that is the object of the ...
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2016年2月17日 · They lay about two dozen of eggs at one period, then cease for two or three weeks, and again lay another two dozen, and so on for the number of months mentioned. Of all these months, however, they lay most constantly in March and April.
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2010年6月25日 · There are a dozen in the box. A hundred is the number of Eggos in the box. A dozen is the number of Eggos in the box. That is my take on this too. If you visualize 12 eggs as sitting in a carton lined up 2 abreast in 6 rows; and if you take that image and consider it a unit in your mind, then it is singular.
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2021年3月5日 · Make question for the underlined part in each sentence How ...? A dozen eggs is 25,000 dong. The key is "How much is a dozen eggs?". Can I ask why it is "is", but not "are" in here?
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2012年10月23日 · Senior Member. I agree with ADCS, number 1 is the correct one to use. "Several" tells you is more than one "dozen" so it does not need the "s". I would never use 2, but 3 does not actually look wrong, it just needs more in it, for example you could say " There were several dozens of eggs and bottles of beer." The only way to use "dozens" is if ...
How much does Dozen of eggs cost in 1932? - Answers
2023年10月6日 · They had chickens and she sold her first dozen eggs for 30 cents, on December 4, 1930. Well a dozen eggs cost around 0.26 cents in 1950. In 1932, a dozen of eggs was anywhere between 10 cents to ...
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2024年4月11日 · Senior Member. 'Dozen' simply means 12 : it comes from the Latin for 'twelve', via Old French. And if you think of 'dozen' as a number, like 'hundred' or 'thousand', the grammar makes sense. two hundred eggs = 2 x 100 = 200 two dozen eggs = 2 x 12 = 24. We don't say "two dozens of eggs" because we don't say "two hundreds of eggs" or "two ...
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2023年4月26日 · May 2, 2023. #6. Mabel 721 said: I want a dozen eggs. OR. I want a dozen of eggs. No 'of' if you are just using simple nouns or noun phrases: a dozen eggs, a dozen red roses, a dozen lemon tarts. When you try to incorporate a determiner ('the', 'your' and so on), then 'of' becomes necessary: a dozen of your largest eggs, a dozen of the freshest ...
How much does eggs cost at safeway? - Answers
2023年10月6日 · The price of a dozen eggs at Walmart varies by location but the average lowest price is between $1.50 and $2.00. In some cases, this requires buying a pack of 18 or 24. Extra large, brown, or ...
What is the average price of a dozen eggs in 2006? - Answers
2023年9月11日 · In North America the average price of one dozen large grade A eggs is $1.75 This is an average and prices can and will vary depending on your location and the store you shop in. Related questions