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  1. american english - English Language Learners Stack Exchange

    E.g. "ten-hundred" is incorrect, but "eleven-hundred" is normal. It is normally only used for multiples of 100, but this rule is sometimes broken, especially from 1000-2000.

  2. numbers - Expressing thousands in hundreds - English Language …

    Feb 1, 2025 · I often hear saying for e.g. 17 hundreds instead of 1 thousands and 7 hundreds in this example for number 1700. What is the minimum and maximum number to express it in …

  3. What is the term for decade, century, millenium, etc? [closed]

    May 20, 2020 · A time span? It will depend on the context: is your 'decade' 10 consecutive years, or is it, say, the noughties? Is the 'century' 100 consecutive years, or, say, the 20th century?

  4. What is a period of one thousand years called? - Answers

    Feb 5, 2025 · A period of ten thousand years is called a decamillennium. The prefix "deca-" denotes ten, and "millennium" refers to a period of one thousand years.

  5. Do native speakers use this construction with numbers?

    Jul 29, 2020 · 1 We often say something like "a million and two hundred dollars" or "ten thousand and fifty five dollars", which are the common ways to say such things. However, I remember a …

  6. if a thousand is right - English Language Learners Stack Exchange

    Could I say: a thousand ten (1010), a thousand a hundred eleven(1111) or in these cases I must use one thousand instead of a thousand? Would using "a" be grammatically incorrect?

  7. reading aloud - How should numbers be spelled on a receipt?

    $201.37 — two hundred and one dollars and thirty-seven cents $1525 — one thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars or fifteen hundred and twenty-five dollars $723,493 — seven …

  8. "44 hundred" instead of "4 thousand and 4 hundred"

    @SovereignSun If you have an even multiple of ten hundreds (ten hundred, twenty hundred, thirty hundred, etc.) we count in thousands instead. Otherwise, counting in hundreds is okay from …

  9. numerals - Hundred or hundreds (for unit-less numbers)? - English ...

    Jul 24, 2017 · Hundred is singular. You would use the plural if, for example, you were counting currency ("that's two hundreds, one fifty, three twenties, a ten, and four ones").

  10. What is the standard form of two thousand ten hundred ... - Answers

    Dec 8, 2022 · The standard form of two thousand ten hundred-thousandths (0.0201) is expressed as: 2.01 × 10-2