How do we read 4,500?

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itecompro

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Hi.

4,500 can be read in two ways:

1. four thousand five hundred
2. four and a half thousand

Am I right? Even if there is one 's' or whatever missing, please let me know. I'm not completely sure about the second one.

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Yes they are most definitely interchangeable and at all times, in all contexts.
 

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Another way to read this figure is "forty-five hundred" -- this is mostly used when talking about dates and years.
 

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Another way to read this figure is "forty-five hundred" -- this is mostly used when talking about dates and years.

Really? I'm not familiar with that usage.
 

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Another way to read this figure is "forty-five hundred" -- this is mostly used when talking about dates and years.

Not in BrE. I've only ever heard that from AmE speakers.
 

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Not in BrE. I've only ever heard that from AmE speakers.

I didn't realize there was any AmE/BrE difference here.

I would say "forty-five hundred." I would never say "four-and-a-half thousand."
 

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Really? I'm not familiar with that usage.

I didn't realize there was any AmE/BrE difference here.

I would say "forty-five hundred." I would never say "four-and-a-half thousand."

There you go.

And they say that BrE is constantly changing under the influence of AmE -- not in this case I guess.
 

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Note that this doesn't apply to the even multiples of a thousand. We would never say "forty hundred" for "four thousand."
 
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