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November Numbers: What are ‘empty numbers’ in English? Posted by Gabriele on Nov 25, 2014
This is the last post in a series of four posts that have looked at numbers in English. So far we have looked at some special numbers (i.e. the number 7), different names for certain numbers, and tips for remembering how to use ordinal numbers and spell some tricky numbers. Now, we are going to…
November Numbers: English numbers know-how and tips Posted by Gabriele on Nov 18, 2014
Today I have some tips for you for tricky aspects of numbers in English. I want to start by looking at English ordinal numbers. Ordinal numbers are the numbers we use to talk about something’s position, such as first place, second place or third place, in a competition. You might have noticed that ordinal numbers…
November Numbers: English numbers with special names Posted by Gabriele on Nov 11, 2014
Learning how to count to ten is probably something you learned very early on in your English language learning, but did you know that many of the numbers between 0-10 (and other important numbers in English) have special names? People don’t always use the traditional ‘counting names’ when using all numbers. Here we are going…
November Numbers: Looking at numbers in English Posted by Gabriele on Nov 4, 2014
Today I am starting another post series on English numbers. If you want to look back on my last post series on numbers, from more than a year ago, here are the links: Numbers Review – Part I, Numbers Review – Part II, and Numbers Review – Part III. This new series will be a…
Numbers Review – Part III Posted by Gabriele on Aug 28, 2012
To conclude this three-part series reviewing numbers today we are going to look at how to say/write numbers in a variety of ways, including decimals, percentages, fractions, and common expressions that use numbers. If you have not yet read the previous two posts in this series it may be helpful for you to review these…
Numbers Review – Part II Posted by Gabriele on Aug 27, 2012
Yesterday I began a review of numbers in English. In yesterday’s post I focused on cardinal and ordinal numbers below 100. Today we are going to focus on numbers, and how to read and say numbers, that are over a hundred. When expressing large numbers (numbers that are more than one hundred), numbers are read…
Numbers Review – Part I Posted by Gabriele on Aug 26, 2012
Numbers are often some of the first words language learners are taught in a new language. This doesn’t necessarily mean that learning numbers is easy. In fact most people continue to count instinctively in their native language even after obtaining a high level of fluency in a second language. Numbers always just seem to be…