'Two thousand eight' or 'Two thousand and eight'

awgg822 Posted: May 13, 2008 08:19 PM

'Two thousand eight' or 'Two thousand and eight'

Need help:

I know proper English is 'Two thousand eight' but I've heard on invitations it looks nicer to have 'Two thousand and eight,' since that's what most people say.

What did you all do?/are you doing? We're going to print tomorrow and I need to finalize this one thing! HELP IS APPRECIATED!

FtrMrsV Posted: May 13, 2008 08:20 PM

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Mines says Two thousand and eight

Lucky0510 Posted: May 13, 2008 08:25 PM

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Posted by FtrMrsV

Mines says Two thousand and eight

same here. I was worried that it was wrong but the invite company said to keep the 'and' in there. so i just left it in.

awgg822 Posted: May 13, 2008 08:30 PM

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Yeah a wedding planner we sortof know through friends says she always puts 'and'... but I (as an English major) was always drilled to drop the 'and.' What to do!

And for the reply card, we have 'The favour of a reply is requested on or before July 22nd, 2008.'

Do I drop the 'nd' after 22?

bella1028 Posted: May 13, 2008 08:30 PM

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mine does not say 'and'

hyphenbride Posted: May 13, 2008 08:46 PM

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I was always told that numbers shouldn't have the word 'and' in there.

I would go for 'two thousand eight.' The and is superfluous.

Maria31 Posted: May 13, 2008 08:47 PM

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Our invitations say 'Two Thousand and Eight'.
Technically, the 'and' shouldn't be there, but I like the flow of it. It's really up to you bc it could be done either way!

DLM107 Posted: May 13, 2008 08:51 PM

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I used Two Thousand and Seven on my invitations. I had several family friends that are math teachers tell me that there should not be 'and'

Dee0522 Posted: May 13, 2008 08:59 PM

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I left the 'and' out too. Not grammatically correct.

ant n tilde Posted: May 13, 2008 09:02 PM

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i have my masters in english and i just couldnt bring myself to use the 'and' even though it is often used.

two thousand AND eight = 2000.8

two thousand eight = 2008

BunnyBears Posted: May 13, 2008 09:09 PM

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I have no clue what I used and my invites are at my parents-oh no! for the 22nd i would not use the 'nd'

BNBride60 Posted: May 13, 2008 09:33 PM

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I was told by some other LIW brides and my invitation company that using 'AND' is wrong so I did not use it.

SparkyandAng Posted: May 13, 2008 09:41 PM

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I used two thousand eight and left out the and.

B22 Posted: May 13, 2008 09:42 PM

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two thousand eight is grammatically correct...

It is acceptable to use two thousand and eight on wedding invitations, for some reason though...

I think I did, and my mother is an english professor

nycgirl79 Posted: May 13, 2008 09:51 PM

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Posted by carolinep24

two thousand eight is grammatically correct...

It is acceptable to use two thousand and eight on wedding invitations, for some reason though...

Yup. I was an english major, so it annoyed the crap out of me to have something gramatically incorrect, but on invitations the 'and' is ok.

Plus we were invited to 8 weddings last year, and every single invitation said 'two thousand and seven.'

lyss0908 Posted: May 13, 2008 10:39 PM

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Posted by awgg822

Yeah a wedding planner we sortof know through friends says she always puts 'and'... but I (as an English major) was always drilled to drop the 'and.' What to do!

And for the reply card, we have 'The favour of a reply is requested on or before July 22nd, 2008.'

Do I drop the 'nd' after 22?

Mine says 'and' and IMO you should drop the 'nd'
Ours is Oct 1 and we did not put 'st' although I always want to when I say it!

hannahshim Posted: May 13, 2008 10:46 PM

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heyyy~ hope all is going well wiht your honeymoon planning =]

the proper is Two Thousand Eight.
however I put the and in because it just sounded better

oh and you should definitely drop the nd on after 22.

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