nethead

I think it would be a 'saving' and not a 'savings'. Not sure

another bloody yank

Abbreviated as "TOT".

another bloody yank

Should it be called a "saving" account or a "savings" account? I've never really thought about it. We just call ours "The one with nothing in it".

cindyabs

I wonder if you are supposed to be able to transpose the sentence. He is saving a dollar because you couldn 't say He is savings a dollar. A dollar is part of his savings, not a dollar is part of his saving.

I now have to go lie down, my head is spinning.

SultanOfSwing

It'd be a 'savings' account, but in the case of a discount or deal or whatever, it is a 'saving'. At least that is my understanding, or at least what sounds most correct in my ear.

So I guess you could say "I made a saving of one dollar, and I will put it into my savings account".

That's my 2p anyway

Lorna at Vicenza

Sounds just like my account.

S Folinsky

I have been long annoyed at the advertising use of "save" or "saving" for a purchase price reduction -- the purchaser may have spent less money, but they have not "saved it" IMHO. I don't think it is a grammatical error -- but it is still annoying. "25 per cent off" would be accurate.

S Folinsky

Thank you for your "two cents worth."

SultanOfSwing

Damn right - if they used the correct terminology in the first place, we wouldn't have to discuss the incorrect usage of savings at all.

I guess it could be argued that there is no such thing as a 'saving' - you save money and deposit it in a savings account. For any special offer, or deal, the correct word would be discount.

Am I weird that I enjoy this kind of discussion?

Addendum: I know - 2p sounded more fun . . .

Lorna at Vicenza

I think "a savings of one dollar" is a grammatical error.

A saving is singular.
One dollar is singular.

A savings is wrong.

SultanOfSwing

It's both a grammatical error and incorrect usage at the same time - since you really aren't saving the money, you just get a price reduction. The remaining money left over invariably ends up getting spent elsewhere. Or at least it does with me.

But you are right in what you said - it is a saving of one dollar (or indeed any amount of dollars, since it is the saving itself that is singular irrespective of the amount.)

I'm getting way too into this I think. Oh well, it is Friday I suppose . . .

chartreuse

But "My 2D" would have been more historically accurate.

SultanOfSwing

I stand corrected

Wonder if we can get the phrase 'my 2d' to catch on?

chartreuse

It's worth a try. But that's just my 2d.

Rete

Depends on how you look at the dollar.

It contains 100 pennies or 20 nickles or 10 dimes or 4 quarters or 2 half-dollars.

My pet peeve is possessive case of words ending in "s".

I was taught you don't make Jones = Jones's but Jones'