USING NUMBERS IN BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH

English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)

USING NUMBER IN BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISHES

The event is scheduled for *3 June 2022* (British English).
The event is scheduled for *3rd June 2022* (British English).
The event is scheduled for *June 3, 2022* (American English).

*Eight hundred and seventy-one* people were in attendance (British English).
*Eight hundred seventy-one* people were in attendance (American English).
British English takes “and” following “hundred” while American English omits “and”.
GAB