 english number words include numerals and various words derived from them, as well as a large number of words borrowed from other languages. ==cardinal numbers== cardinal numbers refer to the size of a group. in english, these words are numerals. {|class="wikitable" |- |0||zero (nought)||10||ten||&nbsp;||&nbsp; |- |1||one||11||eleven||&nbsp;||&nbsp; |- |2||two||12|| twelve (a dozen)||20||twenty (a score) |- |3||three||13||thirteen||30||thirty |- |4||four||14||fourteen||40||forty (no "u") |- |5||five||15||fifteen (note "f", not "v")||50||fifty (note "f", not "v") |- |6||six||16||sixteen||60||sixty |- |7||seven||17||seventeen||70||seventy |- |8||eight||18||eighteen (only one "t")||80||eighty (only one "t") |- |9||nine||19||nineteen||90||ninety (note the "e") |} if a number is in the range 21 to 99, and the second digit is not zero, one typically writes the number as two words separated by a hyphen. {| class="wikitable" |- |21||twenty-one |- |25||twenty-five |- |32||thirty-two |- |58||fifty-eight |- |64||sixty-four |- |79||seventy-nine |- |83||eighty-three |- |99||ninety-nine |} in english, the hundreds are perfectly regular, except that the word hundred remains in its singular form regardless of the number preceding it. {|class="wikitable" |- |100||one hundred |- |200||two hundred |- |â¦||â¦ |- |900||nine hundred |} so too are the thousands, with the number of thousands followed by the word "thousand" {|class="wikitable" |- |1,000||one thousand |- |2,000||two thousand |- |â¦||â¦ |- |10,000||ten thousand or (rarely used) a myriad |- |11,000||eleven thousand |- |â¦||â¦ |- |20,000||twenty thousand |- |21,000||twenty-one thousand |- |30,000||thirty thousand |- |85,000||eighty-five thousand |- |100,000||one hundred thousand or one lakh (indian english) |- |999,000||nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand (inclusively british english, irish english, australian english, and new zealand english)nine hundred ninety-nine thousand (
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