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
A Game of Thrones (card game) the game state in some way. Triggered effects are indicated by a bold name of a phase (one of "Plot", "Draw", "Marshalling", "Challenges", "Dominance", or "Standing") or "Any phase" to indicate when the effect may be used. Another timing word that may precede a triggered effect is a bold "Response", which indicates that the effect may only be used in response to another occurrence in the game. "Triggered abilities" are a subset of triggered effects, and are specifically triggered effects that are written on cards currently in play. "Passive Effects" are game effects that have no bold timing restriction indicated,