This may sound like a post about run on sentences. Now I'm not crazy about those either, but this is a math post.
I'm talking about using the word AND when naming numbers. This is a little pet peeve of mine. I like to do the right thing, but the world hasn't been following me on this one!
The word AND is only used when there is a decimal point.
It's easiest to see when we're talking about money.
Don't say AND until you get to that decimal point. Here's another one:
Or this one:
And another:
So many people have no idea they're not saying numbers properly. Even Rodger, my gps guy says it wrong! (Yes, you can change the voice on the WAZE gps app, and I chose a very sexy British guy named Rodger!)
Rodger might say, "Turn right on US Route four hundred and ninety-five."
I guess I'll have to forgive him, after all, he's got that sexy British accent!
