The 2,627-square-foot Lawrenceville, Georgia home was purchased in January 2022 for the price of $290,000. ![]() In Touch exclusively confirmed that he and estranged wife Chantel bought a two-story house. The show is currently in its fourth season. When their spinoff, The Family Chantel, premiered in 2019, it’s most likely that both Chantel and Pedro got a pay boost for starring on their own show. Is that the time? Gotta go.Since Pedro starred alongside Chantel on season 4 of TLC’s 90 Day Fiancé and seasons 2, 3 and 4 of 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?, he earned a hefty supplemental income from the show. But don’t worry, you’ll still get paid regardless.Ī: Oh, um. Hmm, I’m not sure I got my money’s worth out of this Q&A.Ī: True, it was a fairly straightforward one. Q: I googled it while you were talking about trust accounts. Q: Or as the crossword said to Jerry Maguire, “you complete me”. there is no such thing as “a money”), but there may be occasions when referring to collected individual sums as “monies” makes more sense. Q: So, to recap, money is already a collective noun (i.e. In modern usage, despite style guides suggesting otherwise, “monies” is the preferred option, both in American and British English. In fact, up until around 40 years ago, “moneys” was favoured – but since then “monies” has given it a run for its money. Shouldn’t it be “moneys”?Ī: You can actually use either “moneys” or “monies” for this job. They just seem to like the small difference that indicates or allows for the existence of individual sums of money. Q: Doesn’t using “money” work just as well?Ī: Many agree with you, but this more subtle distinction is nevertheless preferred for these formal dealings. ![]() An example would be “the lawyers requested the monies be transferred from the Cayman Islands to the trust account”. What WE are saying is that the money may have come from separate sources or even different currencies. Q: Must be a Swiss bank account – they’re very discrete.Ī: No, that’s “discreet” – and we discussed the difference in another Q&A. So the reason people say “monies” is usually in a financial or legal sense, if they’re dealing with discrete amounts of money. Shall we return to the lesson?Ī: Very clever, that’s two Jerry Maguire quotes now. In that case you’d probably say, “Give me ALL your money! And everyone else, STAY DOWN and don’t even TRY and be a hero…”Ī: Disturbing, but true. Q: Well not if you were robbing the bank. So, if you went into a bank, you might say, “Hello, I’d like some money please.” Then you’d get more specific and discuss a set amount. Which word you use depends on where your focus is – on the collective itself or on the items that make up that collective.Ī: Right. So why slap on another plural, right?Ī: It all comes down to a subtle distinction between seeing something as one big sum or the sum of its parts. Of course, the issue here is that mass nouns are already referring to a collection of something – in this case, an amount of money. Q: It’s from Sue and she wants to know why we need a plural “monies” in the collective/mass noun “money”.Ī: Nice question Sue. Q: Hi AWC, another reader question this week. It’s a celebration of language, masquerading as a passive-aggressive whinge about words and weirdness. ![]() How to Build a Successful Freelance Copywriting BusinessĮach week here at the Australian Writers’ Centre (AWC), we dissect and discuss, contort and retort, ask and gasp at the English language and all its rules, regulations and ridiculousness.
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