15 March 2012 / by Radmila Gurkova

Numbers in English......is it five thousand or five thousands?



 

In British English AND is used between hundred (and)......whereas in American English it is omitted

 

Hundreds

American English

  • 450 four hundred fifty


British English

  • 450 four hundred AND fifty


Note: 300 three hundred NOT three hundreds

Thousands 

  • 1,350 One thousand three hundred AND fifty


Millions 

  • 3,450,000 three million four hundred AND fifty thousand


NOTE:
We use (plural) hundreds, thousands, millions and billions when we don't know the specific quantity

For example:
He won millions in the lottery
or
He won 10 million in the lottery

In written English we use hyphens between tens and units only (from twenty-one to ninety-nine)
fifty-four
one hundred and thirty-six

Expressions with Million

  • Thanks a million (Thank you very much)


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