Examples when spelling numerals causes difficulties

Numbers are rather difficult words from the point of view of grammar. We will consider examples of their spelling and pronunciation, based on the most commonly encountered difficulties.

Spelling of some numerals

The numbers consisting of two bases, relating to complex ones, are written together, for example: fifty, six hundred, nine hundred, and so on.

The spelling of the numerals is zero and zero is oriented in indirect cases to the second form (equal to zero, holds at zero). A stable expression uses both forms of the numerals ("I'm to him: zero attention" or "He is absolute zero").

Ordinal numerals, having in their composition part: -millionth , - billion, -thousand , are written together. Example: a hundred thousandth passenger, Half a million state, two hundred and fifty thousand readers.

A negative particle is not written with numerals separately (not one, not eighteen, not third grade).

Declination of numerals

The spelling of the numerals is ninety and one hundred is variable. They have an "o" at the end of the nominative and accusative cases, and when the slope changes, this ending changes to "a", for example: it is executed at ninety percent, ninety rubles are not enough. But the numeral forty has no ending in the nominative and accusative cases, and when he declines, the ending "a" appears, for example: there were not forty people.

The nominative and accusative cases of the numeral two have the ending "and", and three hundred and four hundred have the ending "a" .

The spelling of the numbers of one and a half (one and a half for the rural women) and a hundred and fifty keeps this form in the accusative case, and in the remaining cases they tend to the same: one and a half and a hundred and fifty, regardless of gender.

Just as a noun with a stem ending in -a, a feminine gender, the numerative thousand is inclined, and a million and a billion are inclined as masculine nouns whose foundation ends in a consonant.

Numerical both (mr and sr.r.), and also both (zh.r.) have a different type of declination. The male and middle genus have the basis for declining obeisance - for example: both, both, etc. And for the feminine gender the basis is both (both, both).

The deviation of compound ordinal and quantitative numbers

The spelling of the numerals also implies that only the end of the last word of a given part of the speech changes when the composite order changes. For example: seven hundred and eighty-three-seven-hundred-eighty-third-seven hundred and eighty-third-about seven hundred and eighty-three.

But in the compound quantitative numerals, every word that enters into its composition is inclined. For example: three hundred and thirty-five-three hundred and thirty-five-three hundred and thirty-five.

Fractional numerals also tend in both parts: two-thirds-two-thirds-two-third-two-thirds.

Note that when calling fractions, you should say this: three-fourths, not three-fourths, four whole , not four whole!

Declination of complex numerals

In complex numerals in the range of 50 to 90, and 200-900 at declination, each part that composes these words varies:

I. sixty, three hundred, five hundred.

R. sixty, three hundred, five hundred.

D. sixty, three hundred, five hundred.

B. sixty, three hundred, five hundred.

T. sixty, three hundred, five hundred.

About sixty, about three hundred, about five hundred.

As you can see, the spelling of the numerals directly depends on their rank and the number being denoted.