标题: How to say “0” in English? [打印本页] 作者: ljj216 时间: 2008-7-23 17:02 标题: How to say “0” in English?
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Usually we have the following five ways to say 0 in English. They are: Oh, Zero, Love, Nought, and Nil.
1. We say “Oh”, when
(I) after a decimal point
For example,
5.02 five point oh two
(II) in telephone numbers.
For example,
64479090 six double four seven nine oh nine oh
(III) in bus No.
For example,
Bus No.103 one oh three
(IV) in hotel room numbers
For example,
Room 308 three oh eight
(V) in years
For example,
1908 nineteen oh eight
*However, the year 2000 is said the year two thousand;
the year 2001 is said two thousand and one;
the year 2015 is said two thousand and fifteen or twenty fifteen.
2. We say “nought”, when “0” is before the decimal point.
For example,
0.309 nought point three oh nine
3. We say “zero”, when
(I) for the number
For example, the number zero
(II) for temperature
For example, -8℃ eight degrees below zero
4. We say “nil”, when the “0” comes in the football scores.
For example,
3-0 Spain won three nil.
5. We say “love”, when the “0” comes in the tennis scores.
For example,
15-0 The score is fifteen love.
The phrase is used to advise someone to be humble, be courteous and be modest.
For example,
The trick is to learn to check your ego at the door and start checking your gut instead. Every right decision I've made—every right decision I've ever made—has come from my gut. And every wrong decision I've ever made was a result of me not listening to the greater voice of myself. （by Oprah Winfrey） 作者: 浪子情 时间: 2008-7-23 17:10
