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Joseph A Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Number

Hello everyone,

Could you write the number "299999999" as a word, please?

For example: two hundred ninety nine million and ninety nine hundred thousand and ninety nine.

Is the above correct?

Kind regards ,

JA

  

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If it's a quantity, add commas as shown. 299 , 999 , 999 Say this as - two hundred and ninety nine million, nine hundred and ninety nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety nine. Without commas, it could just be eg an identification number.

  • If it's a quantity, add commas as shown.
  • 299 , 999 , 999 Say this as - two hundred and ninety nine million, nine hundred and ninety nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety nine.
  • Without commas, it could just be eg an identification number.
  • I'd just say the digits - two nine nine nine nine nine nine nine nine In fact, even with commas we often just say the digits for long quantities.
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If it's a quantity, add commas as shown. 299,999,999

Say this as - two hundred and ninety nine million, nine hundred and ninety nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety nine.

Without commas, it could just be eg an identification number.

I'd just say the digits - two nine nine nine nine nine nine nine nine

In fact, even with commas we oft

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