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If it's an amount of money, assuming dollars and cents, "Eighteen thousand and* four dollars and twenty cents". For the general case, "Eighteen thousand and* four point two zero". Americans may omit the AND marked with the asterisk.
- If it's an amount of money, assuming dollars and cents, "Eighteen thousand and* four dollars and twenty cents".
- For the general case, "Eighteen thousand and* four point two zero".
- Americans may omit the AND marked with the asterisk.
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If it's an amount of money, assuming dollars and cents, "Eighteen thousand and* four dollars and twenty cents".
For the general case, "Eighteen thousand and* four point two zero".
Americans may omit the AND marked with the asterisk.
For the general case, "Eighteen thousand and* four point two zero".
Americans may omit the AND marked with the asterisk.
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Hi Kris,
I've never seen "and*" - could you explain its provenance?
John
I've never seen "and*" - could you explain its provenance?
John
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It's one of those "we say it that way because we say it that way" things, I guess.
There's no difference between 4,006 as "four thousand six" and "four thousand and six." And I might say either one depending on my mood. (You know how it goes with these things. You say it more than a couple times and everything sounds equally wrong or equally right.)
There's no difference between 4,006 as "four thousand six" and "four thousand and six." And I might say either one depending on my mood. (You know how it goes with these things. You say it more than a couple times and everything sounds equally wrong or equally right.)
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Hi guys,
I believe this use of 'and ' is a feature of British English.
If 18004.20 is simply a number, the final zero would not normally be written.
Clive
I believe this use of 'and ' is a feature of British English.
If 18004.20 is simply a number, the final zero would not normally be written.
Clive
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Yes it's standard in British English. I've also heard Americans use it, but not often. In BrE we also say "one hundred AND one" instead of "one hundred one". Using AND sounds better to me, but of course, it would!
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Guys - I am such a doofus...
I saw and* and thought that and* was a way that some people wrote the word out in full. I didn't realise that Kris was using the asterisk as an endnote.
I thought, wow - this is new!
As Gilda Radner used to say (I'll pause while everyone Google's her name) ... Nevermind.
I saw and* and thought that and* was a way that some people wrote the word out in full. I didn't realise that Kris was using the asterisk as an endnote.
I thought, wow - this is new!
As Gilda Radner used to say (I'll pause while everyone Google's her name) ... Nevermind.
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Happens to us ALL. More often than we're willing to admit in public.
(The idea of "significant digits" vaguely remains in my head from science class. There is a difference in 3.2 and 3.20 in terms of precision. If you measured it to the hundreths, you'd want to include that extra 0. If memory serves.)
(The idea of "significant digits" vaguely remains in my head from science class. There is a difference in 3.2 and 3.20 in terms of precision. If you measured it to the hundreths, you'd want to include that extra 0. If memory serves.)
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