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Q&A Expressing large numbers in dialogue?

i feel that in a dialogue nobody will say "The year is 24356," maybe they will say "it's 56", "we are in 56" also such a large number for readers that are not used to it, makes almost no sense, it...

posted 8y ago by Reed‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T05:54:20Z (about 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Reed‭ · 2019-12-08T05:54:20Z (about 5 years ago)
i feel that in a dialogue nobody will say "The year is 24356," maybe they will say "it's 56", "we are in 56"

also such a large number for readers that are not used to it, makes almost no sense, it is just a random number, that's why most writers use something like "year 1405, new galatic era"

But if you want to emphasise the distance from the present, use "24th millenium", or "24th millenium, 400th century", "24.4 millenium", and then later the more precise "24356" or better for accentuating the date, "August 9, 24356"

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-01-10T06:37:13Z (almost 8 years ago)
Original score: 1