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New2grammar Posted 19 years ago
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2006

0Do you read "year 2006" as "year two thousand 01font00and02font00 six" or"year two thousand six"? Or both are equally acceptable.0-
  

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0 British English: 'two thousand and six' only. 0-

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0 British English: 'two thousand and six' only. 0-
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02000 = 'two thousand'02br
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002010 = 'two thousand and ten'02br
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002012 = 'two thousand and twelve02br
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002020 = 'twenty twenty' or 'two thousand and twenty'02br
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0Hi,02br
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01font002000 = 'two thousand'02font02br
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01font002010 = 'two thousand and ten'02font02br
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01font002012 = 'two thousand and twelve02font02br
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01font002020
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0 We don't say twenty twenty at the moment (but no doubt this form will become common as it is the structure used for most years in the past). For some reason we are still stuck at two thousand and ....for this century. Odd, as we used to say nineteen eighty one- 1981, nineteen oh two - 1902. Logically we should be saying twenty oh seven for this year, but we don't. I wonder if and when we will
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0 Good old what's-his-name, a guy from the television show 60 Minutes, says "Twenty oh six." The first time I heard it, I was surprised, but it sounds okay to me now. I still say "two thousand and seven" myself though. 0-
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