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MarkO   Sun May 04, 2008 11:28 am GMT
Which one of those sentences are correct:
I have five POUND.
I have five POUNDS.

Emergency phone available for 2 MILE.
Emergency phone available for 2 MILES.
zzyzx   Sun May 04, 2008 3:24 pm GMT
Pounds and miles.
Guest   Sun May 04, 2008 4:07 pm GMT
Correct (in US English):

"I have five pounds."

If an emergency phone is available and operational for the next two miles of road (and perhaps out of rangel after that), you could say:

"Emergency phone available for 2 miles."

If there is a roadside emergency phone two miles ahead, you could say:

"Emergency phone available 2 miles ahead."

or

"Emergency phione 2 miles ahead." (if this is a road sign).
Earle   Sun May 04, 2008 4:38 pm GMT
In the American South, it's dialect to drop the "s" on quantity words, making them collective or even just using the singular. "How far is it?" Answer: "Oh, about five mile." However, that's a rural dialect usage and I wouldn't suggest its use...
guest   Tue May 06, 2008 1:13 pm GMT
<<In the American South, it's dialect to drop the "s" on quantity words, making them collective or even just using the singular. "How far is it?" Answer: "Oh, about five mile." However, that's a rural dialect usage and I wouldn't suggest its use... >>

That usage is a derivative of the adjective use of quantity:
eg. a 'five pound' bag of sugar

How far is it? Oh, it's about [a] five mile [distance]...
Skippy   Tue May 06, 2008 2:23 pm GMT
Yeah, I'm from Texas and currently live in Louisiana and I've only heard "five mile" in Earle's sense in AAVE.
Bill from Warwick   Thu May 22, 2008 2:51 am GMT
Correct answer is

I have five pounds

Emergency telephone available for 2 miles