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Sat 22 Oct, 2011 05:22 am
"$447 billion jobs package" reads as "four hundred forty four billion dollars jobs package"?
Context:
Now the focus must move to renewing the nation's economic strength, he said -- something that has proven more difficult than bringing the conflicts in Iraq and Libya to a close. He urged Congress to pass his $447 billion jobs package, even though Senate Republicans have twice refused to consider the measure.
Four hundred forty-seven billion dollar jobs package . . .
If you just wanted to say $447,000,000,000, you would say four hundred forty-seven billion dollars. However, in this context, it modified jobs package, it's an adjective, so there is no "s" added to the word dollar.
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