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?
What? She killed 'em with mathematics. What else could it have been?
Jayne ,'Objects In Space'
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
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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.