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Selecter Posted 19 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

How to pronounce years right?

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00Twenty-o-seven02br
00Two hundred and seven02br
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01u00199102u02br
00Nineteen ninety one02br
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00Nineteen hundred(s)?02br
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00...02br
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00in five? sounds odd0-
  

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00this might help you: 01a05000 02a0510240hrefhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_numbers_in_English#Dates11id1
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0 00>> 01u00200702u02br
00Twenty-o-seven02br
00Two hundred and seven <<02br
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00No, it's "two thousand seven".02br
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00At 2010, it'll be either "two thousand ten" or "twenty-ten".0-
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0 Thank you! You helped me just in time :-)0-
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0 2007 can also be pronounced 'two thousand and seven'.0-
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01cite10Conchita5712cite102007 can also be pronounced 'two thousand and seven'.12blockquote
10In American English this is actually technically incorrect, though its usage is very common.0-
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0In British English we only use the 'two thousand and seven' form, never 'two thousand seven.02br
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00So it depends which form of English you are learning.0-
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0 The reason that the "and" is technically incorrect (in NAE at least), is that "and" is used in mathematics to represent a decimal point. 0-
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0Huh? Do you mean you'd say 3.5 as three and five? 02br
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00Not in British English. You'd say three point five.0-
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01cite10Marvin A.12cite10The reason that the "and" is technically incorrect (in NAE at least), is that "and" is used in mathematics to represent a decimal point.12blockquote
10Hmm, yeah, maybe... I heard that some people say that 3.5 should be read as "three and five tenths", and 2.25 as "two and twenty-five hundredth
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0>> but I think everyone nowadays just say "three point five" and "two point two four" in both AmE and BrE... everywhere, I guess. For example, 3.14 is "three point one four", not "three and fourteen tenths".02br
00Isn't it so? <<02br
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00You can do it either way. 0-
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