Using hundreds to express thousands: why, where, when?
2017年5月30日 · This Google Ngram two hundred thousand vs. two thousand one hundred shows them about equally common and both declining, perhaps in favor of numbers. I don't know how to compare across all possibilities (one thousand three hundred vs. thirteen hundred, etc.), but in text in books, the two forms are roughly equally common.
if a thousand is right - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
A thousand OR One thousand. You can also say: A thousand and ninety nine. But if you have hundreds to count (or thousands, if you've reached a million) then you must number them: One thousand, one hundred. If you have any tens, the "and" goes before the tens, even if there are no hundreds, like this: 1,000,099 = A million and ninety nine
Is it improper English to read the number 1100 as "eleven hundred"?
If, however, the quantities had been 453, 1,100, 2,017, and 5,706, then they should be read as "four hundred fifty-three, one thousand one hundred, two thousand seventeen, and five thousand seven hundred and six". Even though the second number happens to be a multiple of 100, it should be expressed in the same form as the others.
How do I say "1/1000"? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
2020年5月22日 · One one-thousandth; One out of a thousand.1 percent ("point one percent" or "one one-tenth of a percent") per thousand or one per thousand; As mentioned in comments, there is use of "per mill" (also spelled 'mil') in the same fashion as 'per cent.' 'Mill' is used for "one-thousandth" in specific financial contexts, including taxation rates.
Difference between "hundred", "a hundred", and "one hundred"?
In the UK 'a hundred, a hundred and one, a hundred and two' etc is a common style when speaking about 100, 101, 102 etc. This form is also used when writing what has been spoken. 'One hundred' is also used. Either form is also used …
reading aloud - How should numbers be spelled on a receipt?
In a non-English speaking country, however, I would always say one thousand instead of a thousand for clarity. The division of magnitudes will vary somewhat by local custom; I think expressing in thousands as opposed to tens of hundreds would be safest, as kilo- is a common prefix in the metric system and well-understood as 10^3.
American vs. British English: meaning of "One hundred and fifty"
2010年9月29日 · The fractional reading of decimal numbers also starts to become a bit ridiculous if there are more than three digits after the decimal point: nobody would say 3.14159265=three and fourteen million one hundred fifty-nine thousand two …
Is there a standard for speaking "1500" as "one thousand five …
2013年12月18日 · Perhaps because of my science background, I think in 'hundreds'. But I hear *one thousand five hundred* more commonly when referring to something other than money, even though banks prefer one thousand five hundred on a check. Googling, I turned up three times as many hits for one thousand five hundred than fifteen hundred.
What are the rules for pronunciation of years in English?
There are no rules, only loose conventions, formed for brevity, convenience and ease of mental parsing. The convention has been modified for the years 2000-2009 (two thousand and nine), just as it has for 1000-1009, probably for the reason Nav mentions - it just parses nicely that way to an English speaker.
Mixing use of K for thousands and MM for millions
2014年7月3日 · The best path would be to determine what your audience is most likely to understand. M and MM are roman numerals where M is one thousand and MM is intended to denote "one thousand thousands." K comes from kilo which is the unit prefix in metric systems to indicate "times one thousand." The corresponding prefix for million is M.