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| 10 ten 1 1 eleven 12 ftve/ve 13 thirteen 1 4 fourteen 15 fifteen 16 sixteen 17 seventeen 1 8 eighteen 1 9 nineteen 20 twenry 21 twenty-one 22 twenty-fwo 23 twenty-three 24 twenty-four 25 twenty-five 26 twenfy-s/x |
| 10th tenfh 11 th eleventh 12th twelfth 13th thirteenth 14th fourteenth 15th fifteenth 16th sixteenth 17th seventeenth 18th eighteenth 19th nineteenth 20th twentieth 21st twenty-first 22nd twenty-second 23rd twenty-third 24th twenty-fourth 25th twenty-fifth 26th twenty-sixth |
1 one 1st first
2 two 2nd second
3 three 3rd third
4 four 4th fourth
5 five 5th fifth
6 six 6th sixth
7 seven 7th seventh
8 eight 8th eighth
9 nine 9th ninth
27 twventy-seven 27th twenty-seventh
28 twenty-eight 28th twenty-eighth
29 twenty-nine 29th twenty-ninth
30 thirty 30th thirtieth, etc 40 forty 40th fortieth, etc 50 fifty 50th fiftieth 60 sixty 60th sixtieth 70 sevenfy 70th seventieth 80 eighty 80th eightieth 90 n/nefy 90th ninetieth 100 one hundred 100th one/the hundredth
1 0 1 one hundred 101st one/the hundred
and one and first
200 two hundred 200th the (wo hundredth 1,000 one thousand 1,000th one/the
thousandth
1.001 o n e thousand 1,001st one/the thousand
and one, etc and frsf, etc
10,001 ten thousand 10,001st one/the fen
and one, etc thousand and first, etc
100,000 one nun- 100,000th one/the one dred thousand, etc hundred thousandth, etc 1,000,000 one mi///on 1,000,000th one/the millionth
NOTES
1 0 (nought/zero)
The spoken form of 0 is a) nought (AmE zero)
or oh On is used especially when giving
telephone numbers [> App 47 2], and often
when saying the year e g 1906 can be said
nineteen oh six, in the 24 hour clock, e g 0903
can be spoken as n/ne oh fhree hours
b) When talking scientifically, e g when giving temperatures, 0 is pronounced zero, e g -20° = twenty degrees below zero
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c) When giving the scores of most games, e g football, 0 is pronounced nil or nothing Hull 6, Leeds 0 is said Hull six, Leeds nil (or nothing) When giving the scores of a few other games, e g tennis we use love for 0 Becker leads by two sets to love (2-0)
2 -teen and -ty endings pronunciation Even native speakers sometimes find it hard to hear the difference Did you say thirteen or thirty7 Note the stress / said thirteen / "thirty
3 one hundred, one thousand, one mill/on, etc In ordinary speech, a is often used instead of one However, one is preferable in calculations, etc because it sounds more accurate For numbers between 1,000 and 1,900 it is common to say eleven hundred, etc instead of one thousand one hundred
4 Writing numbers of more than four figures We separate large numbers with commas, not stops Commas may be omitted from four-figure numbers, but they are important in numbers with five or more figures, since they make the structure of large numbers clear
5 and in numbers over 100 In AmE this can be omitted, e g six hundred sixty-eight instead of six hundred and
6 Numbers after people s names When writing the names of kings, we use Roman numerals We write George IV (no -fh), but we say George the Fourth Some rich American families do the same Henry Ford II
7 A dozen (i e twelve)
Certain things, e g eggs, bread rolls, oranges, are often bought in dozens A/One/Two dozen eggs please (No -s)
8 Uncertain numbers
The word odd may be used with round numbers over twenty to give an approximate figure
It's a hundred odd pounds (i e about) She's sixty odd (i e about 60 years old) -ish, or so and or thereabouts can also be used when giving approximate numbers He's sixtyish I'll meet you nineish It cost a hundred pounds or so He's arriving on the seventh or thereabouts
