Ildhund
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"What about 'A was only seven hundredths of a second ... even 'Two millionths of a second after the Big Bang...'."
"We certainly use that system in uncomplicated circumstances - "thou", with an unvoiced "th", was/is often used an abbreviation for "thousandths" by those frequently using fine measurements . ..."
I was really just having a go at Molly, but with hindsight, I suppose the examples I gave do only exhibit two digits - 0 and 1. So her 'I would always say' still holds some of its water.
"Multiplication, incidentally, seems to have spawned various terms. I don't like the use of "times" as a verb - "Think of a number then times it by 6..." It sounds a bit "primary school" to my ear."
I always thought of it as 'secondary modern' ...
Noel