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    A 0.1 (in BE)

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    A 0.1 (in BE)

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    I'm just correcting a text and was about to correct "A 0.1 ..." into "An 0.1" when I realised that it could actually be read out as "a nought point one" and not just as "an oh point one" in BE. However, to me, "A 0.1" looks funny. I just wondered which version other BE speakers would prefer:

    An 0.1 ...
    or
    A 0.1 ...

    (I guess in AE this would just be read as "a zero point one ..."?)
    Author CM2DD (236324) 20 Aug 07, 08:48
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    If it is a software version the 0 cannot be ommitted, so it is A zero point one.
    #1Author Werner (236488) 20 Aug 07, 08:52
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    The thing is, I'd say "an oh point one ...". I know "a nought point one" is possible, it's just that the "a" and the "0" look very bare together :-)

    It's a(n) 0.1% solution of something. Looking on Google, it seems that 0.1% is favoured, but that could be the American influence of "zero" as well as "nought".
    #2Author CM2DD (236324) 20 Aug 07, 08:59
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    how about turning it all round "a sodium solution of 0.1%" - if you are not just interested in the principle of the thing...
    #3Authorspinatwachtel20 Aug 07, 09:09
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    I must have written "A 0.1" scores of times in chemical translations. It doesn't look odd to me, but "An 0.1" does! A chemist reading the sentence aloud would say "A nought point one" or "A zero point one".
    #4AuthorAnne(gb)20 Aug 07, 09:17
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    Thanks for the confirmation. Looking at similar examples on Google I'd come to the same conclusion, but it's good to hear it from the horse's mouth, so to speak!
    #5Author CM2DD (236324) 20 Aug 07, 09:26
     
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