How to write out 28,358,292,110 in english

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28,358,292,110 Is this twenty eight billion, three hundred fifty eight million, two hundred ninety two thousand, one hundred and ten dollars if it is written out?

A reader wouldn't know that you meant dollars unless you included a dollar sign ($) before the number or the word dollars after it. — Sven Yargs, Jun 06 '17 at 21:48
Yes, barring a dyslexic episode, that's how you'd write it. But note that very few publications would use that form for such a large number, preferring to either use decimal digits or approximate it using something like "a little over twenty-eight billion dollars". — Hot Licks, Jun 06 '17 at 21:51
Some people would put hyphens between words like "twenty-eight" and "fifty-eight," etc. Just as @HotLicks did. For instance, take a look at this check. — RaceYouAnytime, Jun 06 '17 at 21:56
Some would also add a sprinkling of ands (e.g. ... three hundred and fifty-eight million ...). — Lawrence, Jun 06 '17 at 22:14
I would move the 'and' out unless I had cents: one hundred ten dollars, or one hundred ten dollars and nine cents. — Yosef Baskin, Jun 06 '17 at 22:32
American vs. British English: meaning of “One hundred and fifty” You'd never say one hundred and fifty TENS would you? Then why is there an and in there? "When saying or writing out numbers, the British insert an and before the tens and units, as in one hundred and sixty-two or two thousand and three. In the United States it is considered correct to drop the and, as in one hundred sixty-two or two thousand three." — Mazura, Jun 06 '17 at 22:59
Possible duplicate of Placement of commas and 'and' in English numerals — Roger Sinasohn, Jun 06 '17 at 23:01
Doesn't this also depend on BrE vs AmE in that billion means different things in the two languages? — eyeballfrog, Jun 06 '17 at 23:06
@eyeballfrog No. The 'billion' is nowadays defined as 1000 million in 'British English' also. – — Edwin Ashworth, Jun 07 '17 at 07:26
Yes it is, Edwin; so long as you give it a comma…1,000 million in 'British English' please.
Are you as old as me, and able to remember when people minded? I think it took roughly from about 1960 to about 1970 for we Brits to drop the distinction and accept the US billion. — Robbie Goodwin, Jun 07 '17 at 20:54

How to write out 28,358,292,110 in english

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