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urgent help please!! dice or die?

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mellyonion · 28/06/2008 09:31

hi. am doing a poster for a fete...

it says
1 throw of the dice....£1
3 throws of the dice...£2

..but it should be die shouldn't it???

and is it rolls of the dice, or throws????

please help...got to leave in less than an hour!!!!

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PortAndLemon · 28/06/2008 09:35

It should be die (assuming it's only one die rather than several dice). But people will look at you rather if you put that. You could just put "One throw...£1 Three throws...£2" and avoid the issue.

I think either rolls or throws would be fine.

mellyonion · 28/06/2008 11:49

fab fab fab! thank you so much for replying.

didn't think to just not put it in!

your help is much appreciated.

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