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English for Guidance by Prof. Adel AlSheikh

You write You say

2000 two thousand
twenty hundred

2002 two thousand (and) two
twenty oh-two

2010 two thousand (and) ten
twenty ten

You normally split up the year in tens.
1985 is split up in 19 and 85. (You say: nineteen eighty-five).
From 2000 until 2009 the year is normally not split up.
2000 = two thousand
2001 = two thousand (and) one
The word and is often left out. From 2010 on the year is split up again.
2010 is split up in 20 and 10. (You say: twenty ten).
2. Writing and saying the date in British English
rule: day – month – year

Day Month Year

You write: 1st January, 2010

You say: the first of January twenty ten

Note: The two letters at the end of the number and the comma are often left out.

3. Writing and saying the date in American English

rule: month – day – year

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