- Is it improper English to read the number 1100 as eleven hundred?
If bins have 450, 1,100, 2,000, and 5,700 items, they might be read as "four hundred fifty, eleven hundred, two thousand, and fifty-seven hundred" If, however, the quantities had been 453, 1,100, 2,017, and 5,706, then they should be read as "four hundred fifty-three, one thousand one hundred, two thousand seventeen, and five thousand seven
- Using hundreds to express thousands: why, where, when?
It's common for quantities between 1100 and 1900 but very rare for quantities over 2000, for instance "thirty one hundred" for 3100 One reason for its use, to me, is when making comparisons between quantities just below and just above the one thousand mark
- single word requests - Precise names for parts of a day - English . . .
The time before 12 00 - morning; the meal is called breakfast (taken before 1100, after that - lunch) 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 5 00 pm)
- etymology - What was the first use of the saying, You miss 100% of the . . .
Wayne Gretzky appears to be the earliest attributed source of this particular expression, although two older sports-related expression say much the same thing: "You can't score if you don't shoot" and "You can't hit the ball if you don't swing "
- When writing large numbers, should a comma be inserted?
I know that it is common to write the number 'ten thousand' as a numeral with a comma delimiting the 10 and the 000 like so: 10, 000 However, I have never seen a comma used for numbers less than 1
- writing style - Correct form for a page range? - English Language . . .
For ranges starting with a page number of 1 through 100 (or multiples of 100), use all digits of the end-range number: 3–10, 71–72, 96–117, 100–104, 1100–1113 For ranges starting with a page number of 101 through 109, 201 through 209, and so on, use only the changed part of the end-range number: 101–8, 1103–4
- Correct usage of lbs. as in pounds of weight
I suggest writing 2 3 kg instead of any of 5 lbs , 5lbs , 5 lb or 5lb Historically, however, the forms “5 lb” and “5 lbs” appear to have been used more than either of the others (according to ngrams for 5 lbs,5lbs,5lb,5 lb,5 lb
- Are there any differences between I believe vs I think vs I reckon?
These are the three most common ways to say "I think " (At least, I believe so I mean, I think so Um ) Are there any subtle differences betwe
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