pinbong
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Hi, teachers:
1. According to my grammar book, the punctuation mark "-" is "hyphen". But my TTS (text to speech) software read it as "dash" even if there is only one short "-". Such as:
In China, to avoid mishearing, we usually read the number this way:
I wonder how are these multiple numbers read in English countries(USA, UK and Australia, etc.. )
I find catching up with native speakers reading numbers very demanding.
Many thanks in advance.
(BTW, I know I did not describe my 2nd question quite clearly. The underlined sentences and phrases sound awkward to me and I assume they are not precise either. But I don't know how to better put it. If convenient, can you teachers tell me how to put it more naturally like a native speaker? Thanks.)
1. According to my grammar book, the punctuation mark "-" is "hyphen". But my TTS (text to speech) software read it as "dash" even if there is only one short "-". Such as:
My TTS software, which is actually voice of a real person(not synthetic, and highly intelligent), read it as:His secret ID is SDE-008
2. Many phone numbers(or other numbers) contain 2 or 3 or even 4 of a certain number consecutively. Especially in China, our cell phone numbers are 11 digit. So there're many repetitive numbers. Example: 18911119997.His secret ID is SDE dash 008.
In China, to avoid mishearing, we usually read the number this way:
one three nine, quadruple one, triple nine, seven.
I wonder how are these multiple numbers read in English countries(USA, UK and Australia, etc.. )
I find catching up with native speakers reading numbers very demanding.
Many thanks in advance.
(BTW, I know I did not describe my 2nd question quite clearly. The underlined sentences and phrases sound awkward to me and I assume they are not precise either. But I don't know how to better put it. If convenient, can you teachers tell me how to put it more naturally like a native speaker? Thanks.)
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