Names for the number 0 in English English speaking countries. However this has not become the universal descriptor because as Douglas Coupland pointed out early in the decade "[Noughties] won't work because in America the word 'nought' is never used for zero, never ever". The American music and lifestyle magazine Wired favoured "Naughties'", which they claim was first proposed by the arts collective Foomedia in 1999. However, the term "Naughty Aughties" was suggested as far back as 1975 by Cecil Adams, in his column The Straight Dope. In scores for sporting events, in particular tennis, association football, the number 0 has the very specialized names "love", and
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