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miss noor
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Help me please
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Hi,
How can we say this number with the small circle above it like
3ْ
Secondly, What is the right answer I drink 0,5 ( litre - litres ) of water ????
Thanks a lot in advance,
Noor |
7 Sep 2009
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ballycastle1
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Hi Noor,
The answers are:
three degrees.
5 litres of water (or perhaps it �s 0.5, in which case it �s nought point five litres or half a litre, both are correct) |
7 Sep 2009
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silvia28
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Hello ballycastle 1,
I read your answer and was just wondering if there is a rule on when to use zero, nil, o and nought.
I usually say o point something, would that be wrong?
Thanks for your answer (it �s so wonderful to ask a native speaker these specific questions :-)
silvia
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7 Sep 2009
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Adel A
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Hi miss noor
Happy Ramadan
It is three degrees
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--a litre
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7 Sep 2009
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ballycastle1
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Hi Silvia,
I must confess that I don �t know the rules (shame on me) but this is what is commonly said (bearing in mind that different parts of the country may have different ways of expressing these):
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7 Sep 2009
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ballycastle1
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...continued!
1. Zero - for temperature (zero degrees celcius)
2.nil |
7 Sep 2009
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ballycastle1
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...continued!
1. Zero - for temperature (zero degrees celcius)
2.nil - |
7 Sep 2009
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ballycastle1
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...continued yet again
2. nil - for scores e.g. in football
3. nought - commonly used before a decimal point, as in nought point three, but scientists etc would always say zero as in zero point zero three
4. 0 ( as in the letter) - commonly used in telephone numbers although not strictly correct
I �m open to correction! |
7 Sep 2009
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Tere-arg
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Hi,
0.5 litre
5 litres
The number 0:
oh usually for telephone numbers or when reading numbers. I read somewhere it was the British for zero, but I have read and listened to many English people saying zero
Now, when referring to the temperature we use zero
Nil is for some sports, like football.
Love is for tennis
Nought sounds more formal. Maybe for technical/scientific matters (?)
Have doubts about this.
Any correction is more than welcome!
Finally 3� means three degrees
Rushing to work
Have a nice time
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7 Sep 2009
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ballycastle1
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Further....
Just checked with scientific daughter to make sure I was correct: 0.5 litres - never litre. Don �t ask me why! |
7 Sep 2009
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JudyHalevi
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Nought is the British for zero. Nil is used in sports, example. The score is 3-Nil. When you are talking about 0.5. You should say zero/nought point five. But often in our lazy way of speaking, we say point 5.
 from Israel.
Judy |
7 Sep 2009
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