From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2005-03-26T07:43:24+09:00
Subject: Re: [QUIZ] English Numerals (#25)

Hans Fugal wrote:
> Patrick Hurley wrote:
> 
>> Also what are the rules for the "and"?
>>
>> 1050050 -> one million fifty thousand and fifty
>> or
>> 1050050 -> one million and fifty thousand and fifty
>>
>> Also we hyphenate when 20 < x > 100 (and not a multple of 10)?
> 
> 
> I was always taught there is no and (except at the decimal place), e.g. 
> one million fifty thousand fifty and five tenths. I don't remember who 
> taught this but I remember learning it disctinctly.

I was taught this, too. They stressed it, in fact, as though it
were something that actually mattered.

> That hyphenation thing gives me a headache. What's wrong with
> one hundred twenty five?

I have never seen "twenty five" in English -- AFAIK it's always
hyphenated.


Hal