On Wednesday 23 August 2006 09:19, Jonathan Duddington wrote: > In article <200608230838.01351.garycramblitt at comcast.net>, > > Gary Cramblitt <garycramblitt at comcast.net> wrote: > > I live in U.S. When I was in grade school, I was taught that > > inserting "and" into whole numbers is incorrect, especially when > > speaking money (or writing checks). "and" should be used in place > > of the decimal point. $168.12 should be spoken "one hundred sixty > > eight dollars and twelve cents". > > Interesting. It must be an American thing then :-) Yes, but one hears it spoken incorrectly all the time (with the extra "and"), so I don't think anyone would object if you left them in. > > How should "102", "112", "1002", and "1023" be spoken? Do any of those > include an "and"? No. "one hundred two", "one hundred twelve", "one thousand two", "one thousand twenty-three". I don't feel strongly about this issue either way. Do what you think is right. -- Gary Cramblitt (aka PhantomsDad)
