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Pastsimple Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Years, numerals
Hi,
could someone please answer these two questions:
1) Reading years
the year 1907 is read as "nineteen oh seven"
the year 1776 is read as "seventeen seventy-six"
etc.
How would you read the years before 1000 (e.g. 934 or 526)? "nine thirty-four" and "five twenty-six"?
2) Quick ways of reading numbers
Imagine you have a list of numbers and are dictating them to someone. How would you dictate the numbers below? I suppose native speakers don't dictate the numbers the same way non-native speakers are taught to at school.
8 653 - E.g. I don't really think a native speaker would dictate this as "eight thousand, six hundred and fifty-three". E.g. "eighty-six (hundred) fifty-three" would be much faster.
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Thanks in advance.
could someone please answer these two questions:
1) Reading years
the year 1907 is read as "nineteen oh seven"
the year 1776 is read as "seventeen seventy-six"
etc.
How would you read the years before 1000 (e.g. 934 or 526)? "nine thirty-four" and "five twenty-six"?
2) Quick ways of reading numbers
Imagine you have a list of numbers and are dictating them to someone. How would you dictate the numbers below? I suppose native speakers don't dictate the numbers the same way non-native speakers are taught to at school.
8 653 - E.g. I don't really think a native speaker would dictate this as "eight thousand, six hundred and fifty-three". E.g. "eighty-six (hundred) fifty-three" would be much faster.
16 384
125 461
1 289 121
Thanks in advance.
Top answer
" But you may hear either. " thrown in, but that's obviously not required. " Since I do have to work with charts and sometimes it's easier to have two people proofread, here's what I might say: Sixteen (slight pause) three eighty-four.
- " But you may hear either.
- " thrown in, but that's obviously not required.
- " Since I do have to work with charts and sometimes it's easier to have two people proofread, here's what I might say: Sixteen (slight pause) three eighty-four.
- I might say "thousand" instead of the pause.
- One hundred twenty five thousand, four sixty one.
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For the "before 1000" years, I probably say "five twenty-six" more often than "five hudred twenty-six." But you may hear either. Sometimes for those "early years" you'll hear "A.D." thrown in, but that's obviously not required.
For four-digit number, I would indeed say "eighty-six fifty-three."
Since I do have to work with charts and sometimes it's easier to have two people proo
For four-digit number, I would indeed say "eighty-six fifty-three."
Since I do have to work with charts and sometimes it's easier to have two people proo
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