> un milliard quatre millions deux cents
> vingt-quatre mille
Do you mean to have the "s" on "millions" and
"cents"? The rule that Dan Baronet described
was no "s" after a unit name if it is not
the last word of the number phrase, and I have
seen the same description elsewhere.
----- Original Message -----
From: JC Coez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, June 14, 2007 1:10 am
Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Numbers in French
> >> e. After "million", "milliard" ("billion"), or
> >> "trillion", there is a "de" before the trailing
> >> words. Thus, 1,004,224,000 is "un milliard de
> >> quatre millions de deux cents vingt-quatre mille".
> >
> > I never heard anyone add the 'de' but then again not too many
> people I
> > know use these
> > numbers...
> >
>
> I personaly would say "un milliard quatre millions deux cents
> vingt-quatre
> mille" without 'de'.
>
> JCC
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