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Conventions for writing cardinal numbers in figures
Where English uses a comma to separate hundreds from thousands, and thousands from millions, French normally uses spaces; and where English uses a full stop to separate whole numbers from decimals, French normally uses a comma:
English | French |
---|---|
1,2 | 1 200 |
63,321 | 63 321 |
412,633,221 | 412 633 221 |
4.25 | 4,25 |
.25 | 0,25 |
£4.50 | 4,50€ |
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- Absolute use of the superlative
- Plurals in cardinal numbers
- Optional use of neutral le
- Omission of the article in noun constructions linked by de
- Common quantifiers
- Problems with passive different direct objects
- An adjective agreeing with nouns linked by de
- Summary table of articles
- Emphasizing me, te, se, nous, vous by adding a pronoun + même
- Relations between verbs and their complements
- Omission of the article with nouns in apposition
- Measurements and comparisons in French — Numeral nouns and approximations
- Double object constructions with no preposition
- French Ditransitive verbs
- Difference between meilleur and mieux