Names for the number 0 in English Names for the number 0 in English Zero is the usual name for the number 0 in English. In British English "nought" is also used. In American English "naught" is used occasionally for zero, but as with British English, "naught" is more often used as an archaic word for nothing. "Nil", "love", and "duck" are used by different sports for scores of zero. It is quite common in English to describe decades with a plural of the first year of the decade for example "the nineties" which can be written as "the 90s". There was a debate on what to
Zero-marking in English and indefinite has to be made. The zero article is used with meals. The zero article is used when describing calendar years. The zero article is used before titles There is variation among dialects concerning which words may be used without the definite article. Standard American English, for example, requires "the" before "hospital". In some dialects in the North of England, especially in Lancashire and Yorkshire, the pronunciation of the word "the" is commonly abbreviated. In these regions, the definite article may also be reduced to , , or a glottal stop (often spelled "t′" or "th′"). Indian English frequently