- 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?
- 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
- single word requests - Precise names for parts of a day - English . . .
The time after 12 00 and 15 00 - afternoon; 12 00 exactly is NOON - meal after 1100 until 1500 is lunch) Any thing, i e , tea coffee any beaverage except hard drinks with snacks - tea (before 5 00 pm)
- What was the first use of the saying, You miss 100% of the shots you . . .
This is often credited to Wayne Gretzky (see for example Forbes), but I have some serious doubts that this is the original So, 2 questions here: Was Wayne Gretzky really the first to say this?
- Correct usage of lbs. as in pounds of weight
Assuming it's not casual usage, I'd recommend "All items over five pounds are excluded," instead Most style guided recommend spelling out numbers of ten or less, and in such a case I'd spell out the unit, too
- 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
- 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
- writing style - Correct form for a page range? - English Language . . .
The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th Edition (2003), has very clear preferences, which it lists at section 9 64 (rules paraphrased from a table): For ranges starting with a page number of 1 through 100 (or multiples of 100), use all digits of the end-range number: 3–10, 71–72, 96–117, 100–104, 1100–1113 For ranges starting with a page number of 101 through 109, 201 through 209, and so
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