[Grammar] In 2000 dollars OR In 2000 dollar

[faisaljan]

Which one is correct.
1. I bought these shoes in 2000 dollars.
2. I bought these shoes in 2000 dollar.

 

[charliedeut]

I bought these shoes for 2,000 dollars (or $2,000).

An alternative to avoid preposition trouble would be "These shoes cost me $2,000".

 

[Rover_KE]

Perhaps you mean

'I bought these shoes for $2,000.'

(Expensive footwear!)

 

[emsr2d2]

You now know that the word should be "for". Note that your first line should have been "Which one is correct?​"

 

[faisaljan]

Actually, a friend told me if there is currency in a sentence like ​''dollar, rupee, rial '' after a Number then they are not made plural by adding ''s'' to them. That's why I did not realize that the mistake was with the appropriate preposition.

 

[Tdol]

10 pounds, twenty dollars, fifty rupees, a hundred francs.

 

[tzfujimino]

Hello, faisaljan.:-D
In addition to Tdol's reply, please look at the sentences below.

1. I have one twenty-dollar bill.
2. I have two twenty-dollar bills.

In these examples above, the word 'twenty-dollar' modifies the noun 'bill/bills'. It is called a 'compound adjective'.
You can't pluralize the 'dollar' used in the compound adjective:

I have one twenty-dollars bill. Incorrect

(I'm wondering if your friend meant this.)

 

[Tdol]

And some currencies don't take -s: a thousand yen.

 

[SoothingDave]

I thought he was adjusting for inflation at first. Giving the price of something in (year) 2000 dollars.

 

[faisaljan]

I thought he was adjusting for inflation at first. Giving the price of something in (year) 2000 dollars.

I don't know why you thought this. but if you read the title, it says ''[Grammar] In 2000 dollars OR In 2000 dollar''

 

[emsr2d2]

The title makes no difference to what SoothingDave thought. The question could still have been a grammar issue over whether it should be "dollar" or "dollars" and SoothingDave could still have thought the OP meant "dollar/dollars as they were worth 14 years ago".

 

[SoothingDave]

I don't know why you thought this. but if you read the title, it says ''[Grammar] In 2000 dollars OR In 2000 dollar''

Yes, I read the title first. And thought that your question would have something to do with constant dollars. Once I read your question, I knew that that was not the case.

It would be a valid way to use "in" with "dollars," when talking about prices/costs.

"This graph of gasoline prices shows the price of regular unleaded over the past 50 years, in 1964 dollars."

 

[faisaljan]

Here is another sentence that probably end this confusion.
1. He gave me a ten rupees note.
2. He gave me a ten rupee note.
some nouns, which take the plural form at ordinary times retain the singular form to express some specific quantity or number.

 

[emsr2d2]

Did you have a question about the contents of your last post, faisaljan?

 

[faisaljan]

No, thanks to tzfujimino .Now I am quite clear about it.

 

[Tdol]

There should be a hyphen: a ten-rupee note.