2007-08-24 03:08:56 · 23 answers · asked by jack 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
"for" is a preposition, & is not correct to use any preposition at the end of any sentence, statement, or question. The proper, I believe, would be as follows:
"For what is the $10.00 going to be used?" or leave out the word for and maybe even say:
"What is the purpose of the $10.00?"
2007-08-24 03:14:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
If you think of the 10 dollars as individual dollars, and there are ten of them, then "what are the 10 dollars for" is correct... but... the "10 dollars" is considered an amount of money - it's like a pseudo-pronoun for "money" which is an uncountable noun. So therefore it's more natural to say "what is the 10 dollars for" because what you really mean is "what is the money for".
2007-08-24 10:33:33 · answer #2 · answered by unconvinced 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No matter if its correct or not, everyone I know says, What's the 10 dollars for. Because its plural, I would day its more correct to say what are the 10 dollars for.
2007-08-24 10:16:56 · answer #3 · answered by blueyes 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What are the ten dollars for?
if you mean 10 separate dollars.
If you men a 10 dollar bill, though, it's what is the ten dollar for..
I THINK!
2007-08-24 10:25:10 · answer #4 · answered by Mama C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually "what is", assuming it's to buy something. Then ten dollars is an amount, which acts as an uncountable noun, which looks like a singular noun. If you needed ten one-dollar-bills for some purpose, you'd say "are" because you'd mean the objects as opposed to the amount. Then it would be plural.
(Americans still have one-dollar bills, right? Canadians have coins and call the objects themselves "loonies", not "dollars".)
2007-08-24 10:21:20 · answer #5 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Are." Because dollars is a plural. If it was "is" then it would have to be "what's the 10 dollar bill for. Because dollar being singular.
2007-08-24 10:14:24 · answer #6 · answered by Louis Junior. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be either since the sentence doesn't tell us if it refers to a plural count of ten dollars or a single ten dollar bill.
2007-08-24 10:21:58 · answer #7 · answered by herowithgreeneyesandbluejeans 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are is for plural, is, is for singular, the proper way to write and say the sentence is "What is a 10 dollar bill?"
2007-08-24 10:19:31 · answer #8 · answered by ava 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Linda P has the one and only correct answer. Give her ten points for answering the ten dollar question!
2007-08-24 10:23:11 · answer #9 · answered by tamarack58 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For what are the $10?
For what is the $10 bill?
2007-08-24 10:12:09 · answer #10 · answered by Jellicoe 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Grammatically the correct way to ask the question is.....
What are THESE10 dollars for?
2007-08-24 10:25:47 · answer #11 · answered by Terry G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋