Seabra Idiomas - English for executives and adult students

image credit: freepik.com Zero, nought, nil ou "oh"? 😕 zero - (number 0): 👉  Zero, one, two, three, four, five... ➤ The number one million is written with a one and six zeros . ➤   Heavy rain has reduced visibility almost to zero (= its lowest point). ========= ========= Oh/O -  (number 0) (also oh); (also o) 👉 Used in speech to mean zero: ➤   My phone number is three, one, o , five, one, double oh (= 3105100). ➤   The year 17 0 5 is usually pronounced seventeen oh five. ========= ========= nought or naught -  (number 0): 👉  The number 0 ( zero) : ➤   He said it was only worth £10, but really you could add a couple of noughts to that (= it is really worth £1,000). ========= ========= nil  -  (number 0): 👉 N othing or zero: ➤   At best, the economic impact is nil. ➤   Investment in the industry has dropped to virtually nil. ➤   The challengers lost the game seven-nil (= zero). ⏩⏩  USAGE NOTE:  ➥  As a n...