Year names

[Charles Doyle]

The "rule" (which I as well was taught) had to do ONLY with the writing of checks--didn't it?

--Charlie
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---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 08:34:16 -0400
>From: Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
>Subject: Re: Year names

>
>I had no idea that there was a rule concerning the use of "and' in numbers.
>
>-Wilson
>
>On 5/2/07, James C Stalker <stalker at msu.edu> wrote:
>>
>> I was taught the same rule.  As I remember, "and" was to be used only before
>> cents, in phrases such as: one hundred thirty three dollars and fifty two
>> cents.
>>
>> JCS
>>
>>
>> Arnold M. Zwicky writes:
>>
>> > to pull out one small point, about "and" in number names (in general,
>> > not just in year names).  i recall being taught at some point in
>> > school that things like "one hundred and two", "two hundred and
>> > thirty", etc. were vulgar errors (in both speech and writing), that
>> > "and" should never be used in such expressions.  (this might have
>> > been an instance of Omit Needless Words).  the lesson seems not to
>> > have stuck with me, since i sometimes use one version, sometimes the
>> > other.

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