How to pronounce decimals?

Question

Something like:

0.1
0.23
0.999

How to pronounce them correctly in English?

I don't think this is a duplicate. That question is specifically about singular vs plural, where this is about pronunciation in general. — DJMcMayhem, Apr 18 '15 at 07:32

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 18 '15 at 04:36

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0.1

"zero-point-one"

0.23

"zero-point-two-three"

0.999

"zero-point-nine-nine-nine"

"point" = the decimal point

answered Apr 18 '15 at 04:36

XPMai

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I agree, but I think it's worth noting that you can leave the zero out. "point-five" is still correct for 0.5. 1.5 should be "one-point-five" but it's different with a zero. – DJMcMayhem Apr 18 '15 at 07:34

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