how to write out the year?

Question

So on your invites you write the date out but how do you write the year should it be

Two thousand AND seven or two thousand seven?

I thought it was the "and" version, but then the other day someone corrected another poster on this same issue and now I dont know what to write.

Whats the concensus here?

To all the people who say "No and" why do all the invitation sites show invites as having the "and" in the wording?
I'm now wondering if both forms are acceptable.

Ok, so no one can agree on this, so I have inquired with the goddess of this kind of stuff, Emily Post. I'll let you all know what they say when I hear back.

Answer 1

Saturday, the third of November
Two thousand and seven
at half after three o’clock in the afternoon.

This is how my printer is doing mine.... I think your suppose to have the AND between it but if I got an invite that said something else.... I prob won't notice. I only notice how you address the outside envelope.... you know the one where I got an arrow drawn in to fit just my first name in there before the street address LOL. As long as the invites are nice and neat- do them how you please.

Answer 2

The website where I am ordering my invitations does correct wording for you when you fill out the forms. It says two thousand and eight. Not two thousand eight. (My wedding is next year). I would be more likely to go with the invitation place, since they obviously know what they are doing and have experience wording invitations. Math wise, I know you aren't supposed to use the and, but I'm not sure that applies with the year. I would say go with two thousand and seven.

Answer 3

Kate, I've got 3 different wedding invites here...
all say "two thousand AND seven."

Same with all the high school/college graduation announcements I've gotten--they all have the AND in the year.

Answer 4

On mine, I put Two Thousand Seven

Answer 5

Example:

Twenty-second of May, Two thousand and seven

Answer 6

Two thousand seven

The only time you use the "and" is when you write a dollar/cents amount (as in a check)

Two thousand seven and 00/100 dollars.

Answer 7

You are not supposed to write AND. Do it how you say it - if someone asks you what year you were married, you say "two thousand seven." You do not say two thousand AND seven.

Go back to a few years, it's easier to see - you would say "nineteen ninety-one" not "nineteen AND ninety-one."

Answer 8

Two Thousand Seven.
When you're writing out numbers long-hand, "and" represents a decimal point.

Answer 9

two thousand seven is correct

Answer 10

two thousand seven