That is so true. Now, in braille, we use to put "4-1/2" without the quotes
of course, is that the proper way to type it also? If so, like Kelly said,
anybody should know that means four and one half.
At 12:02 AM 10/15/99 -0700, you wrote:
>I do not hear things as you describe, excluding any dictionary entry. If I
>write the fraction 4 1/2 I hear it spoken as, "Four one slash two." This
>tells me that the number is four and one half.
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>If I write 55 1/2 I hear it spoken as "fifty five one one slash two." This
>again means fifty five and one half to me.
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Walter
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