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how to spell in English the amount ? 409383 us dollars i like to know if it is right: four hundred nine thousand, and three eighty three hundred US Dollars

user283399
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Four hundred and nine thousand, three hundred and eighty three US dollars - in UK English. The two 'and's would generally be omitted in US English. BBC English teaching website confirms the former: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/telugu/course/intermediate/unit-25/session-1

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  • Hello, Mike. Have you confirmation of the latter also? This answer would then be a lot better than the responses at the 'duplicate'. – Edwin Ashworth Feb 24 '18 at 11:41
  • @Edwin Ashworth Only from the fact that every source I find says the same, including dozens of unchallenged comments and answers within this EL&U stack, though I have to admit that I can't easily identify a particularly definitive source. – Mike B Feb 24 '18 at 12:16
  • I was taught (in American primary school) that we leave the "and"s out of such monetary numbers because of how we're supposed to write them out on a check. In these situations, the "and" is reserved for the decimal point, such as "One hundred forty-two dollars and 99/100" (Just a hopefully-interesting anecdote.) – Dave in Oregon Feb 24 '18 at 14:56