English Grammar for International Studies - first edition 2010
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29 Numbers
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A
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E
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A
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A
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A, C, D
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B and C
B
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fourteen
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twenty-three
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two thousand two hundred and eighty
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forty
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eighty-four
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ten thousand three hundred and eight
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fifteen
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two hundred and sixty
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one/a hundred thousand
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two thousand and twenty
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eighteen hundred/one thousand eight hundred
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one/a million
C
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first – 1st
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third – 3rd
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fifth – 5th
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eighth – 8th
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ninth – 9th
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twelfth – 12th
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fourteenth – 14th
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fifteenth – 15th
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eighteenth – 18th
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twentieth – 20th
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twenty-second – 22nd
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fortieth – 40th
D
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correct
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a/one hundred: hundred must be preceded by a or one.
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13th: the ordinal number is formed by adding th except 1st, 2nd, 3rd.
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€50,000: English uses a comma to separate thousands.
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thirtieth: a spelling mistake
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one hundred and ten: After hundred the word and is used before tens and units.
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4.5 per cent: A full stop is used before decimals.
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Two mistakes: 21st: The last two letters (st) of the ordinal number twenty-first should be used May: Names of months begin with a capital letter.
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ninety-nine: A hyphen is used between tens and units.
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forty-four: a spelling mistake.
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four thousand: four thousand is written as two separate words.
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two hundred and eighty-four: Two mistakes: After hundred the word and is used before tens and units. eighty-four: A hyphen is used between tens and units.
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two thousand four hundred: And is not used between thousands and hundreds.
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two thirds: In fractions the ordinal number (third) is put in the plural.
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Wednesday: Days begin with a capital letter.
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correct
E
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line 1: Britains' should be: Britain’s
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line 2: 2.500 should be 2,500 ‘next year to India’ should be: to India next year
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line 3: center should be: centre
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line 6: employee’s should be: employees
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line 10: 1,5 should be: 1.5
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line 11: counseling should be: counselling advise should be: advice
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line 12: labor should be: labour
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line 13: then should be: than
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line 15: 4000 should be: 4,000
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line 17: The sentence should start with ‘yesterday’.
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line 20: 200.000 should be 200,000
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line 21: ‘will … Asia’ should be: ‘will move to Asia in the next five years’.
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line 23: september should be: September
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line 24: untill should be: until
F
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th (65th)
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st (81st)
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th (84th)