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6.20.2011

NUMBERS

1) General

How to say the year
You write
You say
1900
nineteen hundred
1901
nineteen hundred (and) one
nineteen oh-one
1995
nineteen ninety-five
2000
two thousand
twenty hundred
2002
two thousand (and) two
twenty oh-one
2010
two thousand (and) ten
twenty ten
You normally "split up" the year in tens.
1985 is split up in 19 and 85. (You say: nineteen eighty-five).
From 2000 until 2009 the year is normally not split up. You say: two thousand; two thousand (and) one. The word >and< is often left out. From 2010 on the year is split up again.
2010 is split up in 20 and 10. (You say: twenty ten).

2) Writing and saying the date in British English

rule: day - month - year


day

month
year
You write:

1st 

January,
2010
You say:
the
first
of
January
twenty ten
Note: The two letters at the end of the number and the comma are often left out.

3) Writing and saying the date in American English

rule: month - day - year

month

day
year
You write:
January,

1st 
2010
You say:
January
the
first
twenty ten

4) Sample sentences and the correct prepositions:

I was born in 1999. (Use in with the year.)
I was born in August. (Use in with the month.)
I was born on 12th May, 2000. (Use on in the complete date.)

Somtimes BC or AD is added after the year.
Example:
1060 BC (ten sixty Before Christ)

1060 AD (ten sixty Anno Domini) - This is Latin for >in the year of the Lord<.

5) Note

It is common to use numbers instead of months.
British English
American English
13/11/2010
13-11-2010
13.11.2010
11/13/2010
11-13-2010
11.13.2010
If you write 4/8/1995, it is the 4th August 1995 in Britain, but it is April 8th, 1995 in the USA.

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