Unit 8.1
The number zero
Introduction
The number zero means that there is no person or thing.
Form
- 0
- zero
- oh
- nought
- love
- nil
Example
- The temperature is five degrees below zero
- I’m in room five - oh - two (502)
- My phone number is six - oh - one - five - oh - two - one - one - oh (60150211)
- The result of the maths problem is nought point eighty-five (0.85)
- Poland won against Brazil five - nil (5-0)
- Serena Williams won fifteen - love (15-0)
Use
- Zero: to refer to the number itself or telling the temperature
- Oh: when spelling telephone numbers, hotel room numbers, bus numbers, years, blood types
- Nought: before the decimal point
- Nil: in football and other sports
- Love: in tennis