punctuation - Placement of commas and 'and' in English numerals


I have a similar question to the one below When writing out large numbers in words, should commas be placed at thousand separators?


I'm writing a program to spell out large numbers, and am unsure if there should be a comma or an "and" in the following numerals, before the "24":



101024 "One hundred and one thousand, and twenty-four"


1024 "One thousand and twenty-four"



I think that this is rarely a problem in real life, but what would be the correct way of doing this?



Answer



Not clear whether the questioner wants British or American usage: the British normally use and before the tens position, as in the original example.


The additional examples given in OldPro's answer would in British English be:


"Twelve thousand one hundred and twenty point two four" (since there's no currency sign, the decimals should not be assumed to be cents, but £12,120.24 would be read as "Twelve thousand one hundred and twenty pounds and twentyfour pence" (on a cheque I would also spell out the main currency like this, but follow it with the minor denomination in figures, e.g. "...pounds 24" unless it is zero, in which case I would write a long dash).


"Two million fifty-four thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine"


I would not normally use commas, but that's just a matter of personal choice. Just make sure that the addition of a comma cannot change the meaning (especially on a cheque).


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