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Cardinal Numbers — When to use figures and when to use words
Numbers are usually written in words, except in the following cases:
- in scientific or academic texts
- in dates:
Elle arrive le 25 mars 1996 'She's arriving on the 25th of March 1996'
- in prices:
Cela coûte 32 euros ‘That costs 32 euros’
- in weights and measures:
II mesure 1 mètre 50 'He is 1 metre 50 tall'
- describing kings and queens:
Henri IV 'Henry the Fourth'
- in percentages:
22 pour cent '12 per cent'
With the completion of this lesson, consider investigating these related pages: Possessive determiners, Omission of the article, Location of adverbs modifying sentences & Prepositions.
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