If it was a check for $101 I would write it out as "one hundred one dollars" (if for some reason I was writing a check) but that's the only place where I'm careful about using "and" in numbers like that.
Why?
And the thing is, I like my evil like I like my men: evil. You know, straight up, black hat, tied to the train tracks, soon my electro-ray will destroy metropolis BAD.
Buffy ,'Sleeper'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Jan 07, 2011 8:44:58 am PST #15348 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
tommyrot - Jan 07, 2011 8:46:57 am PST #15349 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Why?
I think you're only supposed to use "and" for cents? Like "Four thousand three dollars and 23/100 cents."
Kathy A - Jan 07, 2011 8:47:12 am PST #15350 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Huh. Maybe that's where my MiL gets it from.
I wouldn't be surprised.
Mmmm, lunch ended up being vegetable lentil soup from the cafteria--very tasty! Not as much protein as I had hoped, but the idea of chicken salad yet again definitely did not appeal. They had fish tacos for the entree, and all that breading also didn't appeal.
Jessica - Jan 07, 2011 8:49:43 am PST #15351 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
We call local highways by their honorary names instead of the numbers, so instead of "94," it's "the Edens," which makes traffic reports difficult for nonresidents to interpret.
In NYC too, and it makes using my TomTom really annoying when I'm trying to leave town (which is almost the only time I use it anyway since I don't own a car). The worst is the Battery tunnel, which is "Battery Tunnel" to everyone who lives here and on all the signage, but 478 (or something) according to the GPS. So I'll be thinking to myself "Wait...478? I thought I was going through the tunnel...OH FUCK THAT'S THE EXIT!"
Strega - Jan 07, 2011 8:51:40 am PST #15352 of 30001
Yeah, what tommyrot said; because you use the "and" for cents. I'm sure nobody cares, but I was taught to do it that way and now it's habit.
tommyrot - Jan 07, 2011 8:56:00 am PST #15353 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yeah, what tommyrot said; because you use the "and" for cents. I'm sure nobody cares, but I was taught to do it that way and now it's habit.
Yeah, I think I was taught that in a high-school accounting class.
eta: Also, you only use a dash to separate the tens digit from the ones digit, right? Like "Four hundred twenty-seven and 6/100"....
sumi - Jan 07, 2011 8:56:43 am PST #15354 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
That's how I was taught to write checks too.
sumi - Jan 07, 2011 8:56:43 am PST #15355 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
-t - Jan 07, 2011 9:00:17 am PST #15356 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I had a fifth or sixth grade teacher that was really adamant about not sticking "and" into numbers. It wasn't because "one hundred and one" would mean something different, though, just that the "and" was unnecessary and to be avoided.
Eta: I write checks like tommyrot, as taught by my mom, who probably learned in a high school accounting class. And if it's for a even dollar amount, something like "One hundred one dollars only".
Consuela - Jan 07, 2011 9:06:05 am PST #15357 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
And if it's for a even dollar amount, something like "One hundred one dollars only".
or "One hundred one dollars and 0/100ths", which is how I was taught to do it. And then draw a line through the rest of the space to keep anyone from changing it after the fact.
... this is another of those things our kids will never need to know, isn't it?