How to read the years

snade17 · #1 22-Sep-2006, 04:06

Hello, Could you tell me how to pronounce or read the year in the following sentence. I only know how to read years consisting of four figures and Iam supposed to give a talk. Thank you in advance.

" The Preslav literary school was the most important cultural centre of all Slavs until the capture and burning of Preslav by the Byzantine Emperor John I Tzimisces in 972."

**Ouisch** · #2 22-Sep-2006, 05:33

Nine seventy-two.

snade17 · #3 22-Sep-2006, 12:42

Thank you very much!

Shad · #4 22-Sep-2006, 17:29

nine hundred seventy-two

**Ouisch** · #5 22-Sep-2006, 18:56

As a rule, you only pronounce the "hundred" if the middle digit is a zero, i.e. 703 = "seven hundred and three" or "seven-oh-three."

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