![]() There is an added complication with years from 2000 onwards. (We often add ‘the year’ at the beginning to make it clear that we are naming a year, since ‘one thousand’ could be used in many other contexts.) However, the second way is less common and may sound slightly old-fashioned, especially in American English.įor years ending with two zeros, the convention is: If the third digit is zero, there are two possible ways of saying the year:ġ407: fourteen oh seven or fourteen hundred and sevenġ901: nineteen oh one or nineteen hundred and one For years like 1345, 1682 or 1961, we say the first two and the second two digits as if they were single numbers: thirteen forty-five sixteen eighty-two nineteen sixty-one. Let’s start with the (relatively) easy ones. EzumeImages/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Gettyīeing able to name a year is a pretty basic English skill, but there are a few things that can make it complicated, and there are a number of differences between British and American English. ![]()
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