Методические указания и контрольная работа по английскому языку №4 для студентов 2 курса заочного обучения экономических специальностей. Бидагаева Ц.Д. - 25 стр.

Numbers go before adjectives: three large cars.                                  50+ quinquagenarian           80+ octogenerian
It is possible to place numbers before prepositions: six of them.                60+ sexagenerian              90+ nonagenarian
    Numbers go after articles and pronouns (a, an, the, this, that, these,       70+ septuagenarian            100+ centarian
those, some, any, all, every, either, neither): all three cars.
    At the beginning of a sentence write large numbers as words. If the                                            Numbers
number is large, it is better to rewrite the sentence so the number does not                                   (multiple) musical
come at the beginning.
3. Figures or Words?                                                                                  people/        births         perfor-   celebrations
    Write numbers as figures in scientific, technical or statistical material.                        groups                        mers
    Other writing – write small numbers as words, large numbers as figures       1.    once           single         only child     solo      centennial
small numbers (under 100 or expressed in one or two words – others feel                unity
that small numbers are under 20 or 10).                                                ace (cards)
    Do not mix figures and words: from 15 to 100 (not from fifteen to 100).      2.    twice          double         twins          duo       bi-centennial
4. In Thousands                                                                        twain (old)    pair                          duet
    It is usual to mark off thousands by commas.                                       deuce (card)   couple
    In scientific and technical writing a space is generally used instead.             twofold
    In American English, a billion is a thousand million.                        3.    three times    triple         triplets       trio      tri- centennial
    The traditional British term billion meant a million million, a figure             threefold      treble
called trillion in American English. The American use of billion is now                triad
widely accepted in British English.                                                    trinity
5. Separating Figures                                                            4.    four times     quadriple      quadriplets    quartet   quadra-
    Since commas are used to separate thousands in figures, do not put fig-            fourfold                                               centennial
ures next to each other that might be misunderstood as part of the same          5.    five times                    quantuplets    quintet
number. Example: The hall can hold 700, 150 of whom would have to                      fivefold
stand. Rephrase as: The hall can hold 700, of whom 150.                          6.    six times      1/2 dozen      sextuplets     sextet
                                                                                       sixfold
What do you call “0”?                                                            7.    seven times                   septuplets     septet
                                                                                       sevenfold
1.   In counting/arithmetic = nought, ought, zero                                8.    eight times                                  octet
2.   In temperatures, sports = zero                                                    eightfold
3.   In sports scores = nothing, nil, “goose egg”                                9.    nine times
4.   In phone numbers and years = “oh”, ought                                          ninefold
5.   Slang for “o” = “zilch”, “zip”                                              10.   ten times      decimal
6.   Slang for no, nothingness = “nix”, naught (archaic)                               tenfold
                                                                                       tithe (gift)
Age                                                                              12.   twelve times   dozen
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