I've got a number grammar question; my brothers and I are having a debate.
How do people say $1,250.72 in words? Where does the "and" go?
Oh my god. What can it be? We're all doomed! Who's flying this thing!? Oh right, that would be me. Back to work.
Wash ,'Bushwhacked'
Spike's Bitches 34: They're All Slime and Antlers
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
vw bug - Jan 30, 2007 6:29:51 am PST #3340 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Nora Deirdre - Jan 30, 2007 6:31:21 am PST #3341 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
One thousand, two hundred and fifty two dollars and seventy two cents.
I use 2 "and"s
lisah - Jan 30, 2007 6:32:43 am PST #3342 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
One thousand, two hundred and fifty two dollars and seventy two cents.
I am Nora. (YAY smaller PANTS for me!!!)
Aims - Jan 30, 2007 6:33:46 am PST #3343 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
One thousand, two hundred fifty dollars and seventy-two cents.
A looooong time ago, some math teacher I had said that when you say "and" it means there's a decimal point there.
I have no idea if that is true, or if it's one of those little factoid thingies I hold onto for way too long that isn't all that true. Like my mom telling me that if you are in a high rise and a window breaks, you get sucked out from the release of the pressure.
Cashmere - Jan 30, 2007 6:35:41 am PST #3344 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
One thousand, two hundred fifty dollars and seventy-two cents.
This is how I would write (and say) it.
Vortex - Jan 30, 2007 6:38:09 am PST #3345 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Cramps have me exhausted and yet, unable to sleep. How is that fair?
Did you send them to me? I woke up at 6:30AM with the worst cramps I’ve had since my surgery. Old School "FUCK, this shit hurts" cramps. Not only that, there was (and still is) a sharp pain in my lower left abdominal area, where I believe my ovary is located. OW. I have taken Aleve, and am thinking about calling the doctor.
PANTS PANTS REVOLUTION!!
But NO GAUCHOS t /Edna
SuziQ - Jan 30, 2007 6:38:33 am PST #3346 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
I am Aimee, both with the saying and potentially faulty logic.
eta - But NOT the gouchos.
vw bug - Jan 30, 2007 6:40:14 am PST #3347 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
A looooong time ago, some math teacher I had said that when you say "and" it means there's a decimal point there.
See, this is what I thought. But, my middle brother says no.
Steph L. - Jan 30, 2007 6:41:24 am PST #3348 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Yay, Nora, on the smaller pants!
Someone gag me.
Despite my (ahem) inclinations, the way I read this gave me an image of someone making you barf.
Dunno what that says about my subconscious.
One thousand, two hundred fifty dollars and seventy-two cents.
This.
Nora Deirdre - Jan 30, 2007 6:59:03 am PST #3349 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
One thousand, two hundred fifty dollars and seventy-two cents.
See, that's how I'd write it out but I can't not stick that extra "and" in there.