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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.
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).
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...
<<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]...
Yeah, I'm from Texas and currently live in Louisiana and I've only heard "five mile" in Earle's sense in AAVE.
Correct answer is
I have five pounds Emergency telephone available for 2 miles |