I'll agree with you that there is a zero before the ten in 2010. However, you didn't say "Double-Oh Seven" for 2007, did you? Huh? No.
If you don't want to say "Oh-nine to ten", just say "Oh-nine to One-Oh." Personally, I prefer "Ought-Nine to Twenty-ten." I think that it has a nice ring to it.
So, you car dealerships out there, you are NOT selling "Oh-Ten Elantras" or "Oh-Ten F-150s". Just say "Two-thousand and ten."
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I was a big user of "ought". i will miss it.
Mathematically speaking, "two thousand and ten" is inaccurate, it would be "two thousand, ten"
Good thing it's not math; it's grammar. The common rules of English numerals permit many variations..."Oh-ten" is not one of them.
I hate to reference wikipedia, but this is very concise:English Numeral Date Rules
"Two thousand ten" is acceptable, but so is "Two thousand and ten." I like "Twenty Hundred and ten" then best. I'm going to use it.
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