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06-23-2018, 12:45 PM

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RE: challenge

(06-23-2018 10:22 AM)grsbanks Wrote:
(06-23-2018 10:13 AM)Don Shepherd Wrote: I'm curious, how would British English pronounce ["666.666666666666"]?

Six hundred and sixty-six point six six six six six six […]

A clear case of devil is in the detail! :)

(06-23-2018 10:48 AM)grsbanks Wrote:
(06-23-2018 10:42 AM)Don Shepherd Wrote: So you would never, for example, pronounce 4.3 as "four and three tenths"?

No. We would only say that if we saw the fraction \(4\frac{3}{10}\)

I would translate it to \(\frac{12}{10}\). Shouldn't it be \(4 + \frac{3}{10}\)?

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Massimo

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