@newenglandgenie “When a number is the first word of the sentence it’s written out.”

What do you mean? Do you mean I need to write 200 or two hundred?

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newenglandgenie

19 May

English (US)

Written out in words: two hundred

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studiousme

19 May

Simplified Chinese (China)

@newenglandgenie Gotcha. So it’s better to write a number out in words when it’s the first word of the sentence. Thanks so much!

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newenglandgenie

19 May

English (US)

@handsomeish Right!!

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Does this sound natural?
“200 people were present at the meeting on that day.”

Does this sound natural?“200 people were present at the meeting on that day.” See a translation

It sounds very natural, but to make it more informal and more natural, you could say, "200 people were present at the meeting that day."

Yes, it does.

It sounds very natural, but to make it more informal and more natural, you could say, "200 people were present at the meeting that day."

@handsomeish yes, it this case it is more common to cut out the word "on." But if it said "200 people were present at the meeting on Tuesday," or any day of the week, you would say "on."

@handsomeish for "See you Monday," I think that "See you on Monday" also works well. "See you Monday" is very informal and natural, "See you on Monday" is just a little bit more formal, but both work well equally to me.

@handsomeish no, you would not cut "on" here.

Written out in words: two hundred

@handsomeish Right!!

Does this sound natural?
“200 people were present at the meeting on that day.”

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