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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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Reading Numbers

Is reading 221 as two hundred and twenty one incorrect?
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Anonymous Is reading 221 as " two hundred and twenty one " incorrect? That's the way I read it! It's correct!

  • Anonymous Is reading 221 as " two hundred and twenty one " incorrect?
  • That's the way I read it!
  • It's correct!
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AnonymousIs reading 221 as "two hundred and twenty one" incorrect?
That's the way I read it! It's correct!
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AnonymousIs reading 221 as two hundred and twenty one incorrect?
No. It's fine. Also, 'two hundred twenty-one'. And, if you're a mathematician or an accountant, which means you're constantly dealing with figures, just the brief form 'two twenty-one' is enough.

CJ

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