Re: Pronunciation on "$2.94"

From: Salvatore Volatile <me@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 15:46:50 +0000 (UTC)

fairycat wrote:

Which of the following should I say,

"two point ninety four dollar"
"two point nine four dollar"
"two and ninety four cents"

or none of them?

If it's US dollars, none of them. The most likely pronunciation would be
"two ninety-four". Formally one could also say "two dollars and
ninety-four cents".

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Salvatore Volatile
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... fairycat wrote: ... Decimals are always read out one number at a time; ... "two and ninety four cents" ... two euros 94 or two pounds 94. ...
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