There was a thread last week regarding the use of 'Two Thousand and Five' vs. 'Two Thousand Five'. I personally thought it should be 'Two Thousand Five' because the 'and' implies a decimal or fraction (I'm a math teacher ). Well after several sleepless nights I went to see the proof of my invitation. I told the woman I wanted to change it and she looked at me like I was nuts!!!!I insisted but then she said that people are so used to it with the and that they would think I made a mistake. Anyway, to make a long story short, I kept it as is and asked and English teacher at my school. He said 'and' was appropriate when been written out for that purpose. After all this, I don't even think anyone would ever notice!
103005FallBride
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To be honest...I don't believe I ever saw an invitation that didn't say 'and'. All samples I received and anytime I look at one on the internet...it all says 'and'!
alexlynn7
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Posted by 103005FallBride
To be honest...I don't believe I ever saw an invitation that didn't say 'and'. All samples I received and anytime I look at one on the internet...it all says 'and'!
i agree - i looked at tons of invites from many different sources, and they all had the 'and'.
lax431
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Posted by pmnkm
There was a thread last week regarding the use of 'Two Thousand and Five' vs. 'Two Thousand Five'. I personally thought it should be 'Two Thousand Five' because the 'and' implies a decimal or fraction (I'm a math teacher ). Well after several sleepless nights I went to see the proof of my invitation. I told the woman I wanted to change it and she looked at me like I was nuts!!!!I insisted but then she said that people are so used to it with the and that they would think I made a mistake. Anyway, to make a long story short, I kept it as is and asked and English teacher at my school. He said 'and' was appropriate when been written out for that purpose. After all this, I don't even think anyone would ever notice!
Is it proper then? I always assumed people just did it because that's how invitation books have it. I took out the 'and' since I'm a teacher too and always thought it was incorrect. I haven't seen my proof, but maybe I should add the 'and'???
