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AMERICAN ENGLISH SYNTAX RULES
Numbers
Cardinal numbers of up to 15 digits are pronounced as full numbers, longeer
digit strings are pronounced digit by digit. Numbers that start with a zero are
equally pronounced digit by digit.
123456789012345 One hundred twenty-three trillion four hundred...
1234567890123456 One two three four five six seven eight nine zero...
007 Zero zero seven
Comma’s may be used to separate groups of three digits.
1,234 One thousand two hundred thirty-four
123,456,789,012,345 One hundred twenty-three trillion four hundred...
Numbers ranging from 1,100 to 9,999 are treated as figures when a comma is
inserted, and as years when no comma is present.
1,995 One thousand nine hundred ninety-five
1995 Nineteen ninety-five
10,999 Ten thousand nine hundred ninety-nine
Decimal numbers may contain up to 15 digits before the decimal point.
Comma’s may be used to separate groups of three digits (before the decimal
point). When more than two digits occur after the decimal point, these are
pronounced digit by digit.
104.2 One hundred four point two
.02 Point zero two
.001 Zero point zero zero one
The strings 1
st
, 2d, 2
nd
, 3d, 3
rd
and all cardinal numbers of up to 15 digits
followed by an ordinal suffix are pronounced as ordinal numbers.
1
st
, 2d, 2
nd
and 3
rd
First, second, second and third
22nd and 25th Twenty-second and twenty-fifth