Tuesday, April 19, 2011

English Numeral



Cardinal numbers

Cardinal numbers refer to the size of a group.
0 zero (nought) 10 ten
1 one 11 eleven
2 two 12 twelve 20 twenty
3 three 13 thirteen 30 thirty
4 four 14 fourteen 40 forty (no "u")
5 five 15 fifteen (note "f", not "v") 50 fifty (note "f", not "v")
6 six 16 sixteen 60 sixty
7 seven 17 seventeen 70 seventy
8 eight 18 eighteen (only one "t") 80 eighty (only one "t")
9 nine 19 nineteen 90 ninety (note the "e")
If a number is in the range 21 to 99, and the second digit is not zero, one should write the number as two words separated by a hyphen.
21 twenty-one
25 twenty-five
32 thirty-two
58 fifty-eight
64 sixty-four
79 seventy-nine
83 eighty-three
99 ninety-nine
In English, the hundreds are perfectly regular, except that the word hundred remains in its singular form regardless of the number preceding it (nevertheless, one may on the other hand say "hundreds of people flew in", or the like)