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Kooyeen Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

read this ----> 1/125

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00how is 01b001/12502b00 read? I think...02br
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01b001/25002b00 - should be 01b00"one two-hundred-fiftieth"02b02br
01b001/12502b00 - so this should be 01b00"one one-hundred-twenty-fifth"02b02br
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00But I'm not completely sure of that "one one"... Thank you 050010id1
  

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0Yes, but you have big pause between them. 05002br 02br 00One... one-hundred-twenty-fifths.

— BarbaraPA

  • 0Yes, but you have big pause between them.
  • 05002br 02br 00One...
  • one-hundred-twenty-fifths.
  • (I always say it with the denominator in the plural, even there is only one.
  • 010id1
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0Yes, but you have big pause between them. 05002br
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00One... one-hundred-twenty-fifths. (I always say it with the denominator in the plural, even there is only one. Not sure if that's a quirk or if others do it that way too.)02br
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00Sometimes you even say something like "That's one over one-twenty-five" for clarity.010id1
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10One... one-hundred-twenty-fifths. (I always say it with the denominator in the plural, even there is only one. Not sure if that's a quirk or if others do it that way too.)12br
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10Hi Barb!02br
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00What about "one...hundred twenty fifths"? Taking out
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10One... one-hundred-twenty-fifths. (I always say it with the denominator in the plural, even there is only one. Not sure if that's a quirk or if others do it that way too.)12blockquote
10Thanks.02br
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00I think it's not "fifths". For example it's "one fifth" and not "o
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0 Yes, I was thinking of "one hundred-twenty-fifth", without the other "one". That is my problem, because you say:02br
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01b001/10002b00 - one hundredth, not "one one-hundredth"02br
00so...02br
01b001/12502b00 - is this 01b00"one one-hundred-twenty-fifth"02b00 or just 01b00"one
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0No, don't leave out that other "one." 120/5 - or 120 fifths of liquor - would sound that way.02br
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00(Unless you leave a HUGE pause. Three hundred-twenty-fifths. And even then, it's leaving room for ambiguity.)02br
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00Yes, Kooyeen, I know there is only one in 1/125, which is why I said it was a quirk and not the correct way,
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1font00No, don't leave out that other "one." 120/5 - or 120 fifths of liquor - would sound that way.02font02br
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00Or 100/25.0-
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0Oh yes... well, you can see my mind was wrapped around Jack Daniels... 050010id1
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0 I wouldn't confuse "one hundred-twenty-fifth" with "one-hundred twenty-fifths" (100/25) or "one-hundred-twenty fifths" (120/5), because of the final "s". And you can distinguish between the last two, the stress and intonation is diffrent.02br
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00But anyway it seems I should read 1/100 as 01b00"one hundredth"02b00 and 2/100 as 01b00"two
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10 2/100 as 11b10"two hundredths"12b12br
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10Again, your listener could be confused, and think he's hearing x/200. You're likely to get "how many two-hundreths?" or "did you say one two-hundreth?" in response. 0-
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite11blockquote
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20 2/100 as 21b20"two hundredths"22b22br
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20Again, your listener could be confused, and think he's hearing x/200. You're likely to get "how many two-hundreths?" or "did you say one two-hundreth?" in response. 12
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