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How do you read the number: the Boeing 747? Is it seven-four-seven? or seven forty seven? or both are correct?
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"Boeing seven forty-seven" is the usual way to say "Boeing 747".
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There is another thread on exactly this subject. Americans say "seven forty-seven", the British say "seven four seven".
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