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06-23-2018, 07:50 PM

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RE: how to pronounce numbers

(06-23-2018 07:45 PM)ttw Wrote: Or a puzzler from grade school (I don't think we ever agreed on an answer).

0.83 mile or 0.83 miles

Good one. The answer depends on culture. In (British, at least) English we would use the plural form for anything that is not one. In French, you'd use the singular for anything that is less than two.

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how to pronounce numbers - Don Shepherd - 06-23-2018, 10:48 AM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - Paul Dale - 06-23-2018, 11:05 AM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - grsbanks - 06-23-2018, 12:16 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - ttw - 06-23-2018, 12:58 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - Don Shepherd - 06-23-2018, 01:19 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - ttw - 06-23-2018, 07:43 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - grsbanks - 06-23-2018, 01:22 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - Wes Loewer - 06-23-2018, 01:49 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - Don Shepherd - 06-23-2018, 02:43 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - Wes Loewer - 06-23-2018, 03:01 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - peacecalc - 06-23-2018, 03:12 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - grsbanks - 06-23-2018, 07:27 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - Thomas Okken - 06-23-2018, 07:35 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - Dieter - 06-25-2018, 11:04 AM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - Dave Britten - 06-23-2018, 07:43 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - Zaphod - 06-23-2018, 09:19 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - Thomas Okken - 06-23-2018, 11:24 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - ttw - 06-23-2018, 07:45 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - grsbanks - 06-23-2018 07:50 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - franz.b - 06-23-2018, 08:11 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - Wes Loewer - 06-24-2018, 01:08 AM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - Zaphod - 06-24-2018, 10:49 AM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - Gerson W. Barbosa - 06-24-2018, 06:36 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - DavidM - 06-25-2018, 03:27 AM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - Gerson W. Barbosa - 06-25-2018, 12:34 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - grsbanks - 06-25-2018, 12:55 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - DavidM - 06-25-2018, 01:22 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - StephenG1CMZ - 06-25-2018, 02:10 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - Zaphod - 06-24-2018, 07:09 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - BartDB - 06-24-2018, 07:53 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - ttw - 06-24-2018, 11:20 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - cyrille de brébisson - 06-25-2018, 05:20 AM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - grsbanks - 06-25-2018, 10:34 AM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - Thomas Okken - 06-26-2018, 12:24 AM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - rprosperi - 06-25-2018, 01:25 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - Gerson W. Barbosa - 06-25-2018, 02:03 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - rprosperi - 06-25-2018, 10:23 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - Paul Dale - 06-25-2018, 06:47 AM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - rncgray - 06-25-2018, 07:42 AM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - StephenG1CMZ - 06-25-2018, 10:03 AM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - 3298 - 06-25-2018, 03:30 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - grsbanks - 06-25-2018, 03:33 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - Eric Rechlin - 06-25-2018, 03:50 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - StephenG1CMZ - 06-25-2018, 04:16 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - cyrille de brébisson - 06-26-2018, 05:12 AM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - grsbanks - 06-26-2018, 07:08 AM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - Dieter - 06-27-2018, 07:05 AM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - grsbanks - 06-27-2018, 07:31 AM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - rprosperi - 06-27-2018, 01:21 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - Thomas Okken - 06-27-2018, 01:48 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - StephenG1CMZ - 06-27-2018, 03:22 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - brickviking - 06-26-2018, 08:54 AM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - rprosperi - 06-26-2018, 01:23 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - Thomas Okken - 06-26-2018, 01:53 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - ttw - 06-26-2018, 05:45 AM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - StephenG1CMZ - 06-26-2018, 07:24 AM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - rncgray - 06-26-2018, 07:29 AM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - grsbanks - 06-26-2018, 07:50 AM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - Thomas Okken - 06-26-2018, 12:03 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - grsbanks - 06-26-2018, 12:19 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - Thomas Okken - 06-26-2018, 12:47 PM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - cyrille de brébisson - 06-27-2018, 05:14 AM

RE: how to pronounce numbers - StephenG1CMZ - 06-27-2018, 06:12 AM

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