two thousand AND ten

krissydawn16 · March 2010

This is my nerd coming out. I thought you didn't say "and" unless it was a decimal. For instance... 105 was spoken "One hundred five." But 100.5 was spoken "One hundred and five tenths."

But why do the invitation samples say the wedding is in two thousand AND ten. Shouldn't the "and" be omitted?

When writing out such numbers, use the comma where it would appear in the figure format. Use the word and where the decimal point appears in the figure format. (http://www.grammarbook.com/numbers/numbers.asp)

bbyckes · March 2010

I omitted it in my invites. It reads, "TWO THOUSAND TEN"

I hate when people say years with the "and" - it drives me crazy.

bbyckes · March 2010

What kind of chairs are under all that chair covering? That looks like aluminum foil wrapped around those chairs tied with a bow.

caseyandlizzie · March 2010

Yeah, the AND should be omitted.

krissydawn16 · March 2010

bbyckes,

idk what they are. that's just a picture of my venue - not of my wedding. we're not doing chair covers.

squirrly · March 2010

I also prefer it without the "and". Worse than two thousand and ten, though, is twenty ten, which somebody wanted to use. Yuck.

quotequeen · March 2010

There was a thread about this before, either here or somewhere else, I don't remember... I remember people saying that although the and isn't appropriate in general, it is proper to put it on invitations. But I don't remember what the source for that was.

krissydawn16 · March 2010

I tried to search it before I posted but I couldn't find anything.

aerinpegadrak · March 2010

Personally, I think the "and" looks and sounds kind of awkward. "Two thousAND AND ten." I say "two thousand ten" when speaking it, and I used the same on the invitations.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown · March 2010

I'm just using two thousand ten, no and.

homediva · March 2010

I'm using two thousand and ten...from Canada...

meganchubs · March 2010

I kind of like it with the "and"... but we ended up taking the year out altogether. We sent our invitations out in January... people know what year it is, and we were honestly just saving a line to keep it from looking too crowded

FPTJ1227 · March 2010

Whew, I thought I was the only one. You're right, the only time to use the "and" would be for a decimal. It's like when you write checks, you wouldn't say write one thousand and 19 dollars and 22 cents.

naomitalbot · March 2010

I just wanted to say I'm so glad I'm not the only one whose pet peeve this is. I'm leaving out the "and" as well.

But that's only the case in America. If you're going with British spellings, maybe the "and" should be left in. Conversely, if you're omitting the "and," it's probably best to use American spellings.

krissydawn16 · March 2010

ooohhh I never thought of that. So if you omit the "and", then you shouldn't use "favour" and "honour".... hm...

squirrly · March 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_invites-paper_two-thousand-ten?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:cd062f89-8272-496a-b0ab-225e1f87acecDiscussion:51b48479-a191-4da8-ae47-4e4d3b56a0e6Post:2a783306-76d2-4e51-b7d7-7df14dcb2e69">Re: two thousand AND ten</a>:
[QUOTE]I just wanted to say I'm so glad I'm not the only one whose pet peeve this is. I'm leaving out the "and" as well. But that's only the case in America. If you're going with British spellings, maybe the "and" should be left in. Conversely, if you're omitting the "and," it's probably best to use American spellings.
Posted by naomitalbot[/QUOTE]

I've not seen any notations that indicate there should be any correlation.

Honor or honour is only used if you're in a church, and favour is only used if you use honour.

felicia220 · March 2010

I never gave it much thought. I used "and". I made my invites and when I typed them up it just came out of my fingers....haha I don't really care, its one word.

McFly21 · March 2010

It is proper english to omit the AND. I omitted mine.

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