ADDRESSES | 23 Main Street; 175 Fifth Avenue |
DATES | September 17, 1951; 6 June 1983; 4 bce; the 1860s |
DECIMALS AND FRACTIONS | 65.34; 81/2 |
PERCENTAGES | 77 percent (or 77%) |
EXACT AMOUNTS OF MONEY | $7,348; $1.46 trillion; $2.50; thirty-five (or 35) cents |
SCORES AND STATISTICS | an 8–3 Red Sox victory; a verbal score of 600; an average age of 22; a mean of 53 |
TIME OF DAY | 6:00 am (or a.m.) |
FOR MULTILINGUAL WRITERS
The term hundred is used idiomatically in English. When it is linked with numbers like two, eight, and so on, the word hundred remains singular: Eight hundred years have passed and still old animosities run deep. Add the plural -s to hundred only when no number precedes the term: Hundreds of priceless books were lost in the fire.