"... o somos o no somos" It was haunting me since I had recently re-read it, to the point that has forced me to write a new post in this blog: "... porque o somos o no somos"
The news has been full of large numbers in the last few days. I was taught as a child (1950s) that 'billion' was a million millions, and 'trillion' was a million billions. My OED (2nd ed., 1989) gives <quote>
I am looking for the right pronunciation of fractions in British English. Every style guide I find is very clear about thirds, quarters and fifths, but then they stop. How do you pronounce fractions like "4000 / 563" in English? Is it