The figure\u00a0zero<\/b>\u00a0is usually called\u00a0nought<\/b>\u00a0in British English and zero in American English. When we say numbers one figure at a time,\u00a00\u00a0<\/b>is often called\u00a0oh<\/b>\u00a0(like the letter O).<\/p>\n
My account number is two four oh one four three seven<\/em>. (= 2401437)<\/p>\n In measurements of temperature\u00a0zero<\/b>\u00a0is called\u00a0zero<\/b>\u00a0in both British and American English. Zero is followed by a plural noun.<\/p>\n Zero degrees Celsius is thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit.<\/p>\n Zero scores in team games like football or rugby are called\u00a0nil<\/b>. In tennis and similar games, the word\u00a0love<\/b>\u00a0is used to mean zero.<\/p>\n And the score at half time is: Brazil two, Italy nil. We say each figure separately. When the same figure comes twice, British people usually say double.<\/p>\n Two four oh, double one three seven (=2401137) Roman numbers are becoming less common in modern English. They are, however, still used in a few cases \u2013 for example the names of kings and queens, page numbers in the introductions to some books, and occasionally the names of centuries.<\/p>\n It was built in the time of Henry V. The Roman numbers normally used are as follows:<\/p>\n 1\u00a0 \u00a0 I \u00a0 \u00a0i Three are 100 pence in a pound. Sums of money are named as follows:<\/p>\n 1 p \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0one penny or a penny There are 100 cents in a dollar. Sums of money are named very much as in British English. Some coins have special names. One-cent coins are called pennies; five-cent coins are called nickels; ten-cent coins are dimes; a twenty-five cent coin is a quarter.<\/p>\n The ground floor of a British house is the first floor of an American house; the British first floor is the American second floor.<\/p>\n In American English, a billion is a thousand million. This is now generally true in British English, but a British billion used to be a million million.<\/p>\n The figure\u00a0zero\u00a0is usually called\u00a0nought\u00a0in British English and zero in American English. When we say numbers one figure at a time,\u00a00\u00a0is often called\u00a0oh\u00a0(like the letter O). My account number is two four oh one four...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[736],"tags":[2059,2058],"class_list":["post-73160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing","tag-english-writing-lessons","tag-writing-numbers-in-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73161,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73160\/revisions\/73161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nForty-love; Roger to serve.<\/p>\nTelephone numbers<\/h5>\n
\nTwo four zero, one one three seven (US)<\/p>\nRoman numbers<\/h5>\n
\nFor details, see page vii.<\/p>\n
\n2 \u00a0 \u00a0II \u00a0 \u00a0ii
\n3 \u00a0 \u00a0III \u00a0 \u00a0iii
\n4 \u00a0 \u00a0IV \u00a0 \u00a0iv
\n5 \u00a0 \u00a0V \u00a0 \u00a0v
\n6 \u00a0 \u00a0VI \u00a0 \u00a0vi
\n7 \u00a0 \u00a0VII \u00a0 \u00a0vii
\n8 \u00a0 \u00a0VIII \u00a0 \u00a0viii
\n9 \u00a0 \u00a0IX \u00a0 \u00a0ix
\n10 \u00a0 \u00a0X \u00a0 \u00a0x
\n11 \u00a0 \u00a0XI \u00a0 \u00a0xi
\n12 \u00a0 \u00a0XII \u00a0 \u00a0xii
\n13 \u00a0 \u00a0XIII\u00a0 \u00a0 xiii
\n14 \u00a0 \u00a0XIV \u00a0 \u00a0xiv
\n19 \u00a0 \u00a0XIX \u00a0 \u00a0xix
\n20 \u00a0 \u00a0XX \u00a0 \u00a0xx
\n21 \u00a0 \u00a0XX1 \u00a0 \u00a0xxi
\n30 \u00a0 \u00a0XXX \u00a0 \u00a0xxx
\n40 \u00a0 \u00a0XL \u00a0 \u00a0xl
\n50 \u00a0 \u00a0L \u00a0 \u00a0l
\n60 \u00a0 \u00a0LX \u00a0 \u00a0lx
\n90 \u00a0 \u00a0XC \u00a0 \u00a0xc
\n100 \u00a0 \u00a0C \u00a0 \u00a0c
\n500 \u00a0 \u00a0D
\n1000 \u00a0 \u00a0M<\/p>\nNumbers: differences between American and British usage<\/h2>\n
British money<\/h5>\n
\n5 p \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0five pence<\/p>\nAmerican money<\/h5>\n
Floors<\/h5>\n
Billion<\/h5>\n