Is it improper English to read the number 1100 as "eleven hundred"?
For numbers between 1000 and 9999 is it proper English for the word "hundred" to be used? For example is it necessarily wrong to say "eleven hundred" when referring to 1100?
Indefinite article: “a” vs “an” preceding numbers with multiple ...
Aug 26, 2023 · Figure 5 is an SEM photomicrograph of a typical contact area after an 1100°C test. (Smothers, 2009) By juggling with components already in production, BMC engine …
etymology - What was the first use of the saying, "You miss 100
This is often credited to Wayne Gretzky (see for example Forbes), but I have some serious doubts that this is the original. So, 2 questions here: Was Wayne Gretzky really the first to say this? ...
Using hundreds to express thousands: why, where, when?
May 30, 2017 · The question title refers to expressing thousands using multiples of hundreds, like saying "twelve hundred" instead of "one thousand two hundred" This is somehow new to me. I …
single word requests - Precise names for parts of a day - English ...
The time after 12.00 and 15.00 - afternoon; 12.00 exactly is NOON. - meal after 1100 until 1500 is lunch) Any thing, i.e., tea/coffee/any beaverage except hard drinks with snacks - tea (before …
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Jun 15, 2025 · A simple solution is not synonymous with an elegant solution. Consider the problem of adding up the first hundred positive whole numbers: a simple but inelegant solution …
Commas in plurals of numbers (1000s vs. 1,000s) in web writing
Oct 28, 2016 · Would I use a comma within the number 1,000 when expressing it as a plural? For example: The laboratory contained 100s or even 1,000s of rats. vs. The laboratory contained …
When writing numbers in words, where do commas go?
How do we translate 1210 into words: 1) one thousand, two hundred, and ten 2) one thousand, two hundred and ten or without the commas 3) one thousand two hundred and ten 4) one …
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Using the "courtly love" model, I believe that "early on," (12th century), "mistress" DID refer to men chasing higher status women who would be their "mistress" in the dominant sense of the …
Date format in UK vs US - English Language & Usage Stack …
May 24, 2012 · Anglo-Saxon (i.e. English ca. 500-1100 AD) dates were written in full sentences (e.g. "fifteenth day before the calends of April" -- Anglo-Saxon Chronicle) rather than using any …