I have an nine-ninety-five Maxima

Twenty ten.
Two thousand and ten at a push.

Two thousand ten?! NEVAH!

'This year'.

Saves a lot of arguments.
One is becoming too old for arguments.:sniff:

In formal written number style, the "and" does denote a decimal point. I don't know how British English does it, but in American English it does. I bet I can find an authority. But my Gregg's reference manual is at work.

Edit: Okay, not covered in the Chicago Manual of Style. Monster, how do you write numbers out on your checks?

we say "point". Also, each number after the decimal point should be said individually. "point two three" not "point twenty-three"

but, in written numbers-- when you write your checks, it's "three hundred twenty-three dollars point 00/100s"?

Since I work with legal documents, we often write out dollar amounts; we always use "and," to signify the decimal

not on a british cheque. Then it's "nine pounds and ninety-six pence only"

When recording educational audio, math editors from all of the different textbook companies were always careful to make sure we read "one hundred fifty," never "one hundred and fifty."

Yes, most Americans do in my experience. It was one of the first thing Hebe's teacher corrected her -and me- on. I let him live that time...

but . . . that's the same thing. You are separating the units with an "and"

I don't pretend to understand British money, and I read something about decimilization? but just as we separate the dollars from the cents with the "and," you are separating the pounds and the pence.

Using digits for cents is improper procedure. One part lists the amount only with digits. The longhand version would say "zero hundreths". First for security. Writing the amount two different ways also makes ambiguity difficult.

We were also taught "one hundred fifty"; not "one hundred and fifty".

"Twenty ten" or "Two thousand ten" are both clear and concise. Whereas "two oh ten" is also clear, it is not standard. Would require someone to think. That's dangerous.

This thread is on report.

You're still drunk aren't you?

That only works with money though. because we're not separating it as units, so much as coin types. Pounds and pence. If it was anything else we'd say 'point' not 'and'. So, to say 3.23 meg, we'd say three point two three.

Only in money do we separate with an 'and' to distinguish between the pounds and the pence (or at an earlier stage in our currency the shillings and the pence).

In Brit we'd say one hundred and fifty, not one hundred fifty.


[eta] meant when we write money not when we say it.

fixed