On Wed, 2004-05-26 at 17:57, William Ballard wrote:
> Do you also say one million and fourteen thousand and two hundred and
> thirty seven?
one million, fourteen thousand, two hundred and thirty-seven.
I remember doing school exercises when I was 7 on writing out numbers in
words.
But to demonstrate that the use of "and" in numbers is not unAmerican
either:
"Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this
continent..."
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