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numbers in English
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akram@73
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numbers in English
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hi dear colleagues, How do you read 0,000000000009 in english?
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15 Feb 2012
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ueslteacher
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nine trillionth? point o o o o o o o o o o o nine? Sophia |
15 Feb 2012
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yanogator
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nine trillionthsBut I think it might be different in British EnglishBruce |
15 Feb 2012
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ueslteacher
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Thanks Bruce for pointing out the missing s for me:) |
15 Feb 2012
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Apodo
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We use a . (decimal point) not a , (comma) for numbers after the units column, otherwise these numbers would look the same.
1,001 one thousand and one
1.001 one point zero zero one |
16 Feb 2012
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