#1.8 miles

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6,000 year old encampment found at Stonehenge

6,000 year old encampment found at Stonehenge

LONDON: An undisturbed 6,000-year-old encampment, which was likely home to the forefathers of Stonehenge, has been discovered. The British government was planning to build a tunnel under the Stonehenge for the purpose of relieving one of the most traffic-congested roads in Britain, the A303, which is the main route to the South West. The government had announced that they would make a tunnel that…

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[theyuniversity]

Hey! I follow you on twitter and you're one of my favorite accounts c: So, I was wondering when I say something like "I walked 1.8 miles", do I mean "I walked 1.8 mile" or was I correct the first way?

Hey!

Since 1.8 > 1, we would say, “I walked 1.8 miles.”

Similarly, using fractions, we would say, “I ran one-and-a-half miles yesterday.”

However, if we were to use compound adjectives, we would say and write the following:

a 1.8-mile drive

a 26-minute episode

a 432-page book

a three-hour documentary

The hyphen is necessary; it shows that the two words (e.g, “1.8” and “mile”) form one adjective. We also use the singular form of the noun. It looks weird but sounds right.

We hope this simplistic explanation answers your question. If it doesn’t, tweet us. (This would be a good topic to discuss on Twitter.)

Cheers.

[bubbleshooteraddict]

I'm slightly proud of myself.

I found out my old babysitter is dying. From my understanding she doesn't even have a month. She helped raise me since I was 3 and it kind of hit me hard... But instead of laying in bed and crying and eating junk, I got up, got dressed, and went for a 1.8 mile walk with my dog. And I felt better. Because I had time to think about her alone and cry a little without feeling like someone would see me. I guess exercise does help drown the pain a little.

[mahlerian]

Why do I keep making myself run?

I'm not very good at it...

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i ran 1.585 nautical miles today!