Showing posts with label number. Show all posts
Showing posts with label number. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Usage of hyphens

ハイフンを使った数字の表現

◎ Hyphens are used with spelled-out numbers from twenty-one (21) to ninety-nine (99).

Incorrect: nine-teen, five-hundred
Correct: nineteen, five hundred



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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Usage of "Number"

“Number”

Number: Use number to refer to quantities that can be counted.

Incorrect: The amount of microprocessors manufactured in 2003 was more than that manufactured in 2002.
Correct: The number of microprocessors manufactured in 2003 was more than that manufactured in 2002.

Here, microprocessor is a countable noun, i.e., it can be counted, and should used with the word “number.”