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Hyphenate numbers between 21 and 99

Hyphenate all the numbers between 21 and 99 no matter where they appear within the whole number. Don’t hyphenate 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 and 90.

  • 41
    forty-one
  • 256
    two hundred and fifty-six
  • 1,267
    one thousand two hundred and sixty-seven
    (no comma in the word version)
  • 64,102
    sixty-four thousand one hundred and two
  • 32,223
    thirty-two thousand two hundred and twenty-three
  • 22,241,890
    twenty-two million two hundred and forty-one thousand eight hundred and ninety