Grammar experts please advise

[WhoseHouse]

When writing out a year:

two thousand eight

or

two thousand and eight

 

[Steel Shank]

I'd go commando.

 

[ghost]

I think it's two thousand and eight. I assume this is for your wedding invitation or at least something wedding related?

Step 4

You might just want to go to a book store and look in an Emily Post book. I am sure the correct method is in that book. Or Martha Stewart for that matter.

 

[MilkmanDan]

two double aught eight

 

[washparkhorn]

Two thousand eight.

But when fancying up a wedding invite, most add the "and."

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[Napoleon]

I'm a grammar expert (I teach the stuff), but I don't know the answer to this question. I feel like it is a better question for "Miss Manners" than "Mister Grammar".

suerte chico

 

[bluto]

i always thought 'and' was in place of a decimal point. but do whatever the hell you feel is right, who is somebody to say it's incorrect, f em.

 

[K-Man]

mathematically, no and.

2008.8 = two-thousand eight, and eight tenths
2008 = = two-thousand eight
2000.8 = two-thousand, and eight tenths.


mannerly, I have no idea.

 

[accuratehorn]

Some grammar, spelling and punctuations rules are optional, and depend on the style of the publication for which you are writing. Many publications use the AP Manual of Style, some have their own. This is to ensure consistency throughout the publication. I will look tonight in the AP Manual, but you can probably do it either way without fear of being incorrect.
For publications, most probably would use two thousand eight.

 

[AstroVol]

I grew up in a very mannerly, Southern household, and I think Ms. Manners would say that you should do whatever you want, assuming it is a wedding. It is yours and your bride's big day, and you should be entitled to do what you'd like, even if your only reason for doing it one way is you prefer the aesthetics of the text.

If you are seeking grammatical accuracy, it is preferred by APA to use figures when writing the numbers 10 and larger, and to use words when expressing the numbers nine and smaller. Therefore, your event will be in 2008.

If you still want to write it out, it should be "two thousand eight." The introduction of "and" only confuses Americans, since we use it to symbolize a decimal in finance. The British, however, would say, "two thousand and eight."

 

[accuratehorn]

AP Style Manual-large numbers, says if they must be spelled out, do not use commas, and hyphenate if one ends in y. Like one hundred forty-three. Not too much help.
You are setting the style, so I think it is up to you, and will not be incorrect either way.

 

[NCAAFBALLROX]

Everyone above mine who has said "and equals a decimal" would be right & the same applies for written out text.

@ Least that's my opinion, anyhow... & you should take it w/ a grain of salt considering how I use things like ampersands in nearly all of my bbs posting text.

 

[jmatt]

I though "point" equalled a decimal, and I personally wouldn't use the "and", so..

2008.3 would be "two thousand eight point three".

But that's just my opinion...

 

[Drew Shirley]

it would also be correct to say "two thousand eight and three-tenths."

 

[VYFan]

Back in my law review/young lawyer days, I called this "grammar by democracy."

 

[Statalyzer]

There's also the fact that the "and", while not incorrect, is totally unnecessarily and unhelpful.

 

[Steel Shank]

This is intense.

 

[bluto]

intents?

 

[lnghrngrl]

If you don't speak it that way.... I wouldn't write it that way.

Two Thousand Eight.... imo

 

[Steel Shank]

Must I spell it out for you?

"For all intense and porpoises."

 

[LovinTheAtx]

If this is for a wedding invitation, it should be Two thousand and eight.

Not sure how much it matters if this isn't for a wedding invitation, but I've been working on a few weddings, and this has been the format for the year in all of them.

 

[alden]

I'm with the "and" in place of a decimal camp.

Also, if you start adding "and" in the middle it can get ridiculous.
2148 = "two thousand and one hundred and fourty and eight".

 

[uisge beatha]

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