Using hundreds to express thousands: why, where, when?
The question title refers to expressing thousands using multiples of hundreds, like saying "twelve hundred" instead of "one thousand two hundred" This is somehow new to me. I
Is it improper English to read the number 1100 as "eleven hundred"?
For numbers between 1000 and 9999 is it proper English for the word "hundred" to be used? For example is it necessarily wrong to say "eleven hundred" when referring to 1100?
etymology
This is often credited to Wayne Gretzky (see for example Forbes), but I have some serious doubts that this is the original. So, 2 questions here: Was Wayne Gretzky really the first to say this?
meaning
A simple solution is not synonymous with an elegant solution. Consider the problem of adding up the first hundred positive whole numbers: a simple but inelegant solution
etymology
Using the "courtly love" model, I believe that "early on," (12th century), "mistress" DID refer to men chasing higher status women who would be their "mistress" in the dominant sense of the word.
single word requests
The time after 12.00 and 15.00 - afternoon; 12.00 exactly is NOON. - meal after 1100 until 1500 is lunch) Any thing, i.e., tea/coffee/any beaverage except hard drinks with snacks - tea (before
Commas in plurals of numbers (1000s vs. 1,000s) in web writing
Would I use a comma within the number 1,000 when expressing it as a plural? For example: The laboratory contained 100s or even 1,000s of rats. The laboratory contained
Is it proper grammar to refer to four digit number in hundreds?
Sometimes you will hear people refer to four digit numbers in terms of hundreds. For example, sometimes people will say fifteen hundred when talking about the number 1500.
Comma separator for numbers with 4 or 5 digits?
Oddly, they say that “a 1,100-percent increase” and “an 1100-percent increase” are both acceptable. They don''t explain; I guess the rationale is that “1,100” would be pronounced
Indefinite article: “a” vs “an” preceding numbers with multiple
Figure 5 is an SEM photomicrograph of a typical contact area after an 1100°C test. (Smothers, 2009) By juggling with components already in production, BMC engine designers