- J E4 a a9 ~) J' N& r# a# |Note that in American English, many students are taught not to use the word and anywhere in the whole part of a number, so it is not used before the tens and ones. It is instead used as a verbal delimiter when dealing with compound numbers. Thus, instead of "three hundred and seventy-three", one would say "three hundred seventy-three". For details, see American and British English differences. 0 k' E# K) M% z9 S. g3 w# S) s6 k/ A3 B0 x! F8 @' d- o
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我问来答案了,和我猜的方向差不多,能人同学说:这因为来源于英国古老的算术方式,举例:: k2 n T" x' O4 t v
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数字16, 古代说法就是 fourt night and two. 因为fourt night 实际上是fourteen, teen这个词是evening而来。所以14 ... / x+ @% i7 K# o三思 发表于 2009-12-31 22:12