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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'


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Table of Contents

Nouns


Determiners


Personal and impersonal pronouns


Adjectives


Adverbs


Numbers, measurements, time and quantifiers


Verb forms


Verb constructions


Verb and participle agreement


Tense


The subjunctive, modal verbs, exclamatives and imperatives


The infinitive


Prepositions


Question formation


Relative clauses


Negation


Conjunctions and other linking constructions

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