Formally, you would use “feet” in this phrase. “My friend is six feet tall.” You can alternately use the singular hyphenated adjective as in, “I bought a six-foot sapling.” In speaking, there are both British and American dialects that will say, “My friend is six foot tall.” This is fairly common but informal.
Is it 5 feet tall or 5 foot tall?
You’re absolutely right about ‘five foot tall’; if you’re talking to someone or writing and don’t need to be formal, saying that you’re ‘five foot tall’ is fine. However, to say you are ‘five feet tall’ is correct and is probably safer when you’re writing in English.
But, you would describe the individual as “the 7-foot center.” As a rule of thumb, if the measurement comes before the noun, it should be counted as an adjective and should not be used in its plural form.
Do you say 10 feet or 10 foot?
10 foot is informal. Many builders and tradespeople use it. If you want to be formal, say 10 feet. You will never be wrong if you say 10 feet.
The average height of a human male is 5’10”. So 6 foot is only slightly more than average by 2 inches. So 6 foot is above average, not tall.
How do you write 6 foot tall?
You can also write heights as simple as “five feet, six inches,” “five foot six,” and so forth. A hyphen will also be helpful if you’re writing it really short, such as “five-six.” You can also write it out using a quotation mark.
Do you say six feet or foot?
He is 6 feet tall. The addition of “tall” is not required in everyday conversation. For all other meanings of “foot,” we use “foot” for the singular form and “feet” for the plural.
For feet, a single apostrophe is used (‘). For inches, a double apostrophe is used (”). Here’s an example.
Is it 30 foot or 30 feet?
I’d say that when you use ‘foot’ as an ADJECTIVE, you keep the singular, thus ‘a thirty-foot tree,’ NOT ‘a thirty feet tree’. On the other hand, when ‘foot’ is followed by adjectives describing measurement e.g. high, tall, deep, etc; you use ‘feet’, NOT foot (The tree is thirty feet tall).
Is it 100 foot or 100 feet?
Grammatically a 100-foot road is correct and a 100-feet road is incorrect. In the phrase ‘a 100-foot road’ the term ‘hundred-foot’ acts as an adjective. In a numerical adjective the number is followed by a hyphen and a singular form of a noun.
What is plural child?
Children is the plural form of the word child and is used to refer to a group of or many youngsters who are below the age of puberty.
English-U.S. You don’t need any hyphens in that phrase, but if you wanted to use one “six-feet tall” is appropriate.
