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• In British English you use the 24-hour clock [16.45 =sixteen forty five] mainly to
talk about train and flight times. The 24-hour clock is rarely used in American
English.
We don't usually use the 24- hour clock [16.45 =sixteen forty five] in everyday
language. For example, we do not say The meeting will start at fifteen hundred
hours but we do say The meeting will start at three pm I at three o'clock.

Prices
You write You say
£10.99 ten pounds ninety-nine (pence]
. €140.00 one hundred [and] forty euros
$22.90 twenty-two (dollars] (and] ninety !cents]
£87.00 eighty-seven pounds

Telephone numbers
The telephone number is: You say:
0044171 200 3612 double oh, double four, one seven one, two double
oh, three six one two (UK]
0044171 200 3612 zero zero four four, one seven one, two zero zero,
three six one two (US]
. 020 677 3219 oh two oh six double seven, three two one nine
ex: 5640 extension five six four oh (UK]
ex: 5640 extension five six four zero I oh (US]
• In American English you don't usually say double four or treble four. Just say four
four, or four, four, four.
• You can say oh or zero for the number 0. Zero is used more often in American
English.

Email addresses and websites
. The email address is: You say:
. jasmine.goodman@lowis.com jasmine dot goodman at Lowis dot com
· The website ·address is: You say:
www.lowisengineering.com/aboutus www dot Lowis engineering dot com
forward slash about us

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