[Jprogramming] Numbers in French

[Roger Hui]

> 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 <jc.coez at wanadoo.fr>
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