Do they have hyphens? Not quite like ours - it was a curved link... And the semicolon was a question mark. Something that has f*cked up my usage of semi-colons ever since...
Numbers in base ten? Yes indeed. Although they didn't have arabic numerals, they were top-notch on maths. See here :D
What a gorgeous site - that's a wonderful page of numerical info. How satisfying! Or it would be if I didn't know Hypatia's story :|
I was going to wax lyrical to you about Sumeria but decided I could not reliably spell it :| Wasn't in the mood to check it. I love the idea of squiggly hyphens. There's a children's story from which "Big S, little s, p, g and squiggle' is a quote. Actually about English but apt, I thought.
Question mark for semi-colon? F*cked up? I empathise utterly: after betaing for a Swedish friend (fewer apostrophes than English, more than Latin), my own apostrophes went on a sympathy strike and have been in a state of rebellion ever since. I can no longer write 's' without a putting an apos'trophe in, s'ee? lol. It's a curse, I say, the curse of the Swede :|
As J. said, I'd use a hyphen from twenty-one to ninety-nine. And I have one hundred and twenty-one.
I will point out here that my english grammar sucks! Can I answer this question in Ancient Greek?
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Numbers in base ten? Yes indeed. Although they didn't have arabic numerals, they were top-notch on maths. See here :D
Do I pass?
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I was going to wax lyrical to you about Sumeria but decided I could not reliably spell it :| Wasn't in the mood to check it. I love the idea of squiggly hyphens. There's a children's story from which "Big S, little s, p, g and squiggle' is a quote. Actually about English but apt, I thought.
Question mark for semi-colon? F*cked up? I empathise utterly: after betaing for a Swedish friend (fewer apostrophes than English, more than Latin), my own apostrophes went on a sympathy strike and have been in a state of rebellion ever since. I can no longer write 's' without a putting an apos'trophe in, s'ee? lol. It's a curse, I say, the curse of the Swede :|
You passed with flying colours. Of course :D
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LOL!
I will tell my friend Tili that I will never, ever Beta her writing :D Shame she's not on LJ... yet!
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