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Old 18-Mar-2004, 13:48
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My memory is deteriorating as I can’t get the wordings correctly in grammatical sense in figures when I make out a cheque.

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400 - a) Four Hundred Only
- b) Four Hundreds Only

405 – a) Four Hundred and Five Only
- b) Four Hundreds Five Only

45.67 – a) Forty Five cent Sixty Seventy
- b) Forty Five cents Sixty Seventy
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Four Hundred and Five Only
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Forty Five cents Sixty Seventy
Yes, say forty-five cents, but I don't understand the rest.

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My memory is deteriorating as I can’t get the wordings correctly in grammatical sense in figures when I make out a cheque.

e.g.

400 - a) Four Hundred Only
- b) Four Hundreds Only

405 – a) Four Hundred and Five Only
- b) Four Hundreds Five Only

45.67 – a) Forty Five cent Sixty Seventy
- b) Forty Five cents Sixty Seventy
Don't use 'hundreds' after another number. We use it alone- there were hundreds at the concert last night.
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