$788.30
Hi,
How should I read this number?
1) I would say, seven hundreds and eighty eight US dollars and thirty cents. --- Correct?
2) However in an American movie, I found a guy read it out as " Seven eighty eight thirty".--- Is this most Americans /native speakers would say in real life?
What if "$ 1788"? Is it "seventeen, eighty eight"? I guess it should be read like the year 2018, twenty, eighteen"?
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Informally, yes, you could say "seven eighty-eight thirty." However, standard wording would be: "Seven hundred and eighty-eight dollars and thirty cents." (Not seven hundreds)
Again, informally, assuming the figure is understood to be all dollars (and no cents), yes $1788 could be said as "Seventeen eighty-eight." However, standard wording would be EITHER "Seventeen hundred and
0iclearwater1) I would say, seven hundreds and eighty eight US dollars and thirty cents. --- Correct?
Delete s from hundred.
In American English people don't generally say "and" after the hundred. It is included in British English.
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