Re: OT: Writing numbers longhand

2004-05-26 Thread richard lyons
On Monday 24 May 2004 14:50, Daniel Barclay wrote: > richard lyons wrote: > > On Thursday 06 May 2004 14:43, Paul Johnson wrote: > >>...1,234,567.89 is "one million, two-hundred-thirty-four > >>thousand, five-hundred-sixty-seven and eighty-nine > >> one-hundredths." > > > > Oh come on - I never hea

Re: OT: Writing numbers longhand

2004-05-24 Thread Daniel Barclay
richard lyons wrote: On Thursday 06 May 2004 14:43, Paul Johnson wrote: ...1,234,567.89 is "one million, two-hundred-thirty-four thousand, five-hundred-sixty-seven and eighty-nine one-hundredths." Oh come on - I never heard anyone pedantic enough to spell out the decimals like that. That's not pe

Re: OT: Writing numbers longhand

2004-05-24 Thread Daniel Barclay
Paul Johnson wrote: "Damon L. Chesser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ... I learned how to write numbers long-hand in 1989. The only time "and" comes into play is to separate the integer from the fraction. 1,234,567.89 is "one million, two-hundred-thirty-four thousand, five-hundred-sixty-seven and e