On 2025-08-08, Arne Vajh�j <
[email protected]> wrote:
On 8/8/2025 2:21 PM, Michael Kraemer wrote:
On 08.08.2025 19:43, Arne Vajh�j wrote:
And "hundreds of" is undoubtedly correct. As it strictly speaking
just say more than two hundred.
Some readers may assume that hundreds imply less than thousand. But
that is reading between the lines.
No need to read between, just stay on line.
In my part of the universe "several hundred" means just that,
"less than thousand".
What do you call the year 1999? The year one thousand nine hundred and
ninety nine?
Depends on context. If you know it's a year, then no. If you know it's
a number, then maybe. If you know "2000" is a year, then yes you still do.
If it's something like "2491 AD", then some might say each digit by itself.
Another context matters example: How do you pronounce "coax" ?
BTW, some people get your example wrong when going the other way, even
with the additional required context. For example, some people wrote
"F-111" as "F1-11". Yuck. :-)
BTW, sometimes people just say something the wrong way, even though the
known context says it is wrong. For example, kilometre is known to be
a multiple of a SI unit, yet many pronounce it as "kil-lom-etre" instead
of as "kilo-metre" in the same way as you any other SI unit such as mass.
So in answer to your question, it depends both on the context and also
the ability of a person to understand the context. :-)
Simon.
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