- How to write dollar amounts in a narrative
What's the best way to write dollar amounts in a narrative (such as a novel), particularly if the amounts are large and or fractional? I would use this: "The national debt just hit 14 6 trillion
- grammatical number - Plural singular verb agreement with units . . .
When writing about specific quantities, should the verb reflect a singular or a plural value? Do abbreviations vs spelled-out words make any difference? I took 2 ml of water, which was were then
- numbers - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Dozen = 12 Score = 20 Gross = 144 Grand = 1000 Myriad = 10,000 Googol = 10¹⁰⁰ Googolplex = 10 Googol Indian English: Lakh = 100,000 and Crore = 10,000,000 Ignoring all the numbers already listed on Wikipedia (thousands, millions, billions, etc ; milliards, billiards, etc ; one, two, three, four, etc ), what other English words are there for specific positive integers?
- ambiguity - Is until inclusive or exclusive? - English Language . . .
tl; dr - It's exclusive if the situation described is notable by its absence It's likely to be inclusive if the situation described is notable by its presence At its heart, until describes when the transition happens If you say " X until [time] ", you mean that X becomes not-X on [time] The problem comes, as you note, when [time] is a span of time (like a whole day) rather than an
- Difference between increase by and increase to
They increased my wage by three times They increased my wage to three times as much as the previous amount Are there any difference between the two sentences in terms of meaning?
- word choice - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
In maths, linear scale factors are used to avoid (1) the confusion where in everyday language 'ten times bigger' is used to mean 'x10' whereas 'one time ( s) bigger' (paraphrasing 100% bigger) means 'x2' (so I don't like your 'A is 13 to 17 times the size of B: this can be written as A is 13-17 times higher larger than B') (2) confusion with area, volume scale factors Thus 'a scale factor of
- Why is there no plural s after hundred or thousand in cardinal . . .
Because in English "twelve thousand" is not interpreted as 12 occurrences of 1000, as in 12 car s, but rather as one occurrence of 12000 Why it's like this, is a matter of speculation Languages are different and I guess some languages view 200 as a plural, as two occurrences of 100 English and Dutch do not, and French, as 200_success points out, swings both ways: 200 being deux cents, but
- How to write out numbers in compliance with British usage?
Under 100: no and, simply a hyphen Over 100: use and immediately before the number under 100 So twenty-one, one hundred and eleven, one hundred and one, one hundred and ninety, one hundred and ninety-one, twenty-two thousand three hundred and thirty-one Note that and is sometimes left out in casual speech Note also that one at the beginning may change into a depending on context Lastly
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