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- Is it improper English to read the number 1100 as eleven hundred?
For numbers between 1000 and 9999 is it proper English for the word "hundred" to be used? For example is it necessarily wrong to say "eleven hundred" when referring to 1100?
- When writing large numbers, should a comma be inserted?
In Indian English, 1 lakh is written out as 1,00,000 while 1 crore (100 lakh) is shown as 1,00,00,000 and a lakh crore of rupees or Rs 10,00,00,00,00,000 may be shown as Rs 1 lakh cr, which is useful to know if you are a big spender ¶ “In numerical expressions German uses a comma where English uses a decimal point: €19,95 (19 95 euros) In large numbers, German uses either a space or a
- Comma separator for numbers with 4 or 5 digits?
Oddly, they say that “a 1,100-percent increase” and “an 1100-percent increase” are both acceptable They don’t explain; I guess the rationale is that “1,100” would be pronounced “one thousand one hundred” and “1100” would be pronounced “eleven hundred”
- Commas in plurals of numbers (1000s vs. 1,000s) in web writing
Would I use a comma within the number 1,000 when expressing it as a plural? For example: The laboratory contained 100s or even 1,000s of rats vs The laboratory contained 100s or even 1000s of
- Date format in UK vs US - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Anglo-Saxon (i e English ca 500-1100 AD) dates were written in full sentences (e g "fifteenth day before the calends of April" -- Anglo-Saxon Chronicle) rather than using any kind of notation At least, that's been my experience Is that what you really meant to say?
- What is difference between timetable and schedule?
I'm confused as to what is the correct word for it: schedule or timetable? What should I call it? Here is the result of GitHub search for different queries: university timetable - 359 university schedule - 742 students timetable - 329 students schedule - 1100 word-choice word-usage personal-names meaning Improve this question edited Mar 11
- Is it proper grammar to refer to four digit number in hundreds?
Sometimes you will hear people refer to four digit numbers in terms of hundreds For example, sometimes people will say fifteen hundred when talking about the number 1500 Is this proper? What ar
- Using hundreds to express thousands: why, where, when?
The question title refers to expressing thousands using multiples of hundreds, like saying "twelve hundred" instead of "one thousand two hundred" This is somehow new to me I may have heard it, li
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