'Feet' and 'foot', which to use? Distance and measurement
 

Is the plural (I think that's what it's called) of foot, in measurements, foot or feet? ex: "The tree is thirty foot/feet high.

It's feet!

Regards,

Yes Adil bhai is right!!!!!!!!!!!!

Feet is the plural of the foot

Tree is 30 feet high


and also foot as as a human organ the plural of that be feet.

Regards

The pole is ten feet high.

the minaret is five feet wide and sixty feet high.

Well, Tabassum, Adil n wah boy....they are all right..
i want to add one more thing here....foot is the measurement of stanza type of thing in poetic terminology also....

regards,

well i m talking about both [B]measurements & distance[/B].
For Distance & size use?

[B]plz throw some light on it. [/B]

"50 feet yacht"
"That plane is 300 feet high"
"It's fifty foot to the bottom"

shukariya in advance:)

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[i][font=Georgia]It should all be feet...I am pretty sure because I have 4 yrs of experience measuring stuff, we never used a word foot in our school when referring to measurements. Then again, I may be wrong.[/font][/i]
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[QUOTE=sibgakhan]well i m talking about both [b]measurements & distance[/b].
For Distance & size use?

[b]plz throw some light on it. [/b]

"50 feet yacht"
"That plane is 300 feet high"
"It's fifty foot to the bottom"

shukariya in advance:)[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=sibgakhan]well i m talking about both [B]measurements & distance[/B].
For Distance & size use?

[B]plz throw some light on it. [/B]

"50 feet yacht"
"That plane is 300 feet high"
"It's fifty foot to the bottom"

shukariya in advance:)[/QUOTE]

Assalam o Alaikum Sibgha

I m a civil Engineer....n as far as plural of foot is concerned we use ft instead of writing full feet.....like ft lb/sec

i think u shud not be having any trouble in believing so many sages....Brother Adil, Sister Tabassum, n all others.....believe me they r like an authority over the subject...

regards,

[I]It should all be feet...[/I]

[B]Wrong[/B]

"50 feet yacht" wrong

"That plane is 300 foot high" (Would mean the plane is 300 [B]feet[/B] from top to bottom)

"It's fifty foot to the bottom" (Wrong, must use [B]feet[/B])

[B]Distance use 'feet', size use 'foot or feet' (This doesn't apply if you're talking about something that is one foot away). [/B]

[I]It should all be feet...[/I]

[B]Wrong[/B]

"50 feet yacht" wrong
"That plane is 300 foot high" (Would mean the plane is 300 [B]feet [/B] from top to bottom)
"It's fifty foot to the bottom" (Wrong, must use [B]feet[/B])

[B]Distance use 'feet', size use 'foot or feet' (This doesn't apply if you're talking about something that is one foot away). [/B]