Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!npeer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: Lew Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: number and words Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 14:08:16 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 34 Message-ID: <19395048.254.1336079296882.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@pbew9> References: <7d4884d6-aebf-436e-8a76-1e2a3bf10c8b@n1g2000vby.googlegroups.com> <26508931.2139.1336000428636.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@pbcvn7> <4fa249d6$0$12272$5b6aafb4@news.zen.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.28.149.29 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: posting.google.com 1336084124 7656 127.0.0.1 (3 May 2012 22:28:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 22:28:44 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <4fa249d6$0$12272$5b6aafb4@news.zen.co.uk> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=69.28.149.29; posting-account=CP-lKQoAAAAGtB5diOuGlDQk0jIwmH0T User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Received-Bytes: 2361 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:14228 On Thursday, May 3, 2012 2:03:16 AM UTC-7, RedGrittyBrick wrote: > On 03/05/2012 00:13, Lew wrote: > > Roedy Green wrote: > >> Daniel wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said : > >> > >>> in english [sic]: > >>> 123 one hundred twenty three > > > > "One hundred twenty-three" [sic] > > >=20 > In English=E2=80=A0: > "One hundred *and* twenty three" >=20 > --=20 > RGB > =E2=80=A0 English English, as it is spoken in England. This bit anyway. C= urrently. In American English the "and" is optional, but the hyphen in "twenty-three"= is part of the spelling. From : "Note that in American English, many students are taught not to use the wor= d and anywhere in the whole part of a number, so it is not used before the = tens and ones. It is instead used as a verbal delimiter when dealing with c= ompound numbers. Thus, instead of "three hundred and seventy-three", one wo= uld say "three hundred seventy-three". For details, see American and Britis= h English differences." So the usage /sic/ /supra/ is legit in my part of the world. --=20 Lew