So if the word "year" occurs in the same sentence as "1843," it might be reasonable to guess this is a date and pronounce it "eighteen forty three." If there were a decimal point before the numbers (".843"), they would need to be read differently as "eight four three." ...
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四级英语词汇表1: abandon vt.丢弃;放弃,抛弃 ability n.能力;能耐,本领 abnormal a.不正常的;变态的 aboard ad.在船(车)上;上船 abroad ad.(在)国外;到处 absence n.缺席,不在场;缺乏 absent a.不在场的;缺乏的 absolute a.绝对的;纯粹的 absolutely ad.完全地;绝对地 absorb vt.吸收;使专心 abstract...
Please leave a comment on this article if you have something to add or know how people say years in other languages. Is it true that people who speak Spanish never pronounce years with the equivalent of "nineteen eighty-five"? How about in German, French, Korean and other languages? What ...