Question
What is the written form of the number 98?
The grocery bill came to 98 dollars and thirty cents.
A.
ninety eight
B.
ninety-eight
The grocery bill came to 98 dollars and thirty cents.
A.
ninety eight
B.
ninety-eight
Answers
Ms. Sue
What do you think?
flaca
what i think its B. because it is one word
Ms. Sue
You are right. :-)
flaca
my sister told me that it supposed to have a hyphen because it is one word for the word for two digit numbers
Ms. Sue
Your sister is right.
http://www.grammarly.com/handbook/punctuation/hyphen/11/hyphen-in-compound-numbers/
http://www.grammarly.com/handbook/punctuation/hyphen/11/hyphen-in-compound-numbers/
flaca
YAy thankyou ,< )
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so you have to have a hyphen for every 2 digit number and a number fraction too?
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so you have to have a hyphen for every 2 digit number and a number fraction too?
Ms. Sue
Yes.
flaca
thankyou so much i couldn't done it without you < )
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