How to read "3,500 million years"
...for the last 3,500 million years.
Option 1: Three point five billion years
Option 2: three thousand and five hundred million years
Option 3: thirty five hundred million years
How do you read it?
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If you were to read the statement out loud, you would say option 2.
If you read the number and wanted to interpret it for someone, option 1 would be better.
If you wanted to write the number, option 1 would be the best way to write it. There is less confusion with option 1.
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3.5 billion years
In English we would rarely say Option 2 or 3, although option 2 may be written occasionally.
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For me Option 2 sounds more natural. Three thousand five hundred millions...
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Thanks you guys.😘
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Three thousand, five hundred million years.
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