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Dictionary.com

ออกเสียง .Foot” = ‘foot’

ออกเสียง “Feet” =’feet’

Dictionary.com

USAGE FOR FOOT

In front of another noun, the plural forthe unit of length is foot: a 20-foot putt; his 70-foot ketch.

Foot can also be used insteadof feet when mentioning a quantity and in front ofwords like tall: four foot of snow; he is at least six foot tall

Abused, Confused, & Misused Words

feet

plural of foot: feet firmly planted on the ground

Not to be confused with:

feat – achievement; exploit; courageous, daring act: an extraordinary feat

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,

Usage Note: In Standard English, foot and feet have their own rules when they are used in combination with numbers to formexpressions for units of measure: a four-foot plank, but not a four feet plank; also correct is a plank four feet long (or, less frequently, four foot long).

When foot is combined with numbers greater than one to refer to simple distance, however, only the plural feet is used: a ledge 20 feet (not foot) away. At that speed, a car moves 88 feet (not foot) in a second.

Our Living Language

In certain contexts, some people in New England and the South use constructions such as three foot and five mile in place of Standard English three feet and five miles.

Some speakers extend this practice to measures of time, as in He was gone three year, though this is not as common. See Note at plural

Collins English Dictionary

footless adj

Usage: In front of another noun, the plural for the unit of length is foot: a 20-foot putt; his 70-foot ketch.

Foot can also be used instead of feet when mentioning a quantity and in front ofwords like tall: four foot of snow; he is at least six foot tall

Collins COBUILD English Usage

foot

1. part of the body

Your foot is the part of your body at the end of your leg. Your foot includes your toes.

He kept on running despite the pain in his foot.

When you use foot with this meaning, its plural is feet.

She's got very small feet.

If someone goes somewhere on foot, they walk, rather than using some form of transport.

The city should be explored on foot.

2. measurements

A foot is also a unit for measuring length, equal to 12 inches or 30.48 centimetres. When foot has this meaning, its usual plural is feet.

We were only a few feet away from the edge of the cliff.

The planes flew at 65,000 feet.

However, you can use foot as the plural in front of words like high, tall, and long.

She's five foot eight inches tall.

You always use foot as the plural in front of another noun. For example, if a gap is twenty feet wide, you refer to it as a 'twenty foot gap'. Don't refer to it as a 'twenty feet gap'.

The prison was enclosed by a forty foot wall.

Common Errors in English Usage Dictionary

You can use eight-foot boards to side a house,

but “foot” is correct only in this sort of adjectival phrase combined with a number (and usually hyphenated). The boards are eight feet (not foot) long. It’s always X feet per second and X feet away.