Inhabitants

В Нижнем Новгороде живут(проживают) 1,8 миллиона жителя.

1,8 = один целых восемь десятых...



another example, would be:
В СПб живут 4,5 (четыре с половиной) миллионов жителей

but is it allowed to built such a sentence???

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1,8 = один целых восемь десятых...

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I'm not sure it is correct. I'd say "одна целая, восемь десятых миллиона"

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В СПб живут 4,5 (четыре с половиной) миллионов жителей
but is it allowed to built such a sentence???

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It will be correct if you change "миллионов" to "миллиона" (and, of course, живут => живет). But it is better to say here "проживает" instead of "живет". So, I'd say:
В СПб проживает 4,5 (четыре с половиной) миллиона жителей

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Originally Posted by pranki

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1,8 = один целых восемь десятых...

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I'm not sure it is correct. I'd say "одна целая, восемь десятых миллиона"

[quote:3e4or5qs]В СПб живут 4,5 (четыре с половиной) миллионов жителей
but is it allowed to built such a sentence???

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It will be correct if you change "миллионов" to "миллиона" (and, of course, живут => живет). But it is better to say here "проживает" instead of "живет". So, I'd say:
В СПб проживает 4,5 (четыре с половиной) миллиона жителей[/quote:3e4or5qs]

in my book it says that the figures 1 and 2 have to be equal to the gender....

if the noun is masculine, so it will be целый....etc

and in case of figures like 0,5 / 0,25 ... it is recommended to use the genitive plural...

два с половиной процентов

the problem is that I'm not sure whether to use them if I want to say the same about the number of inhabitants....like 4,5 millions or 1,8

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Originally Posted by krobatshov

in my book it says that the figures 1 and 2 have to be equal to the gender....

if the noun is masculine, so it will be целый....etc

and in case of figures like 0,5 / 0,25 ... it is recommended to use the genitive plural...

два с половиной процентов

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Hm... I don't know... But I am totally sure that the last phrase is incorrect. It must be "два с половиной процента", believe me :)

As for целый/целая, I have never heard or read "один целый", but always "одна целая". The same with 2, "две целых" instead of "два целых".

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Originally Posted by pranki

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Originally Posted by krobatshov

in my book it says that the figures 1 and 2 have to be equal to the gender....

if the noun is masculine, so it will be целый....etc

and in case of figures like 0,5 / 0,25 ... it is recommended to use the genitive plural...

два с половиной процентов

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Hm... I don't know... But I am totally sure that the last phrase is incorrect. It must be "два с половиной процента", believe me :)

As for целый/целая, I have never heard or read "один целый", but always "одна целая". The same with 2, "две целых" instead of "два целых".

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I'm shocked...my book is wrong...it was written by my teacher

are there any sources on the net how to build commas in Russian??
my book seems to be wrong

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Originally Posted by krobatshov

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Originally Posted by pranki

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Originally Posted by krobatshov

in my book it says that the figures 1 and 2 have to be equal to the gender....
if the noun is masculine, so it will be целый....etc
and in case of figures like 0,5 / 0,25 ... it is recommended to use the genitive plural...
два с половиной процентов

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Hm... I don't know... But I am totally sure that the last phrase is incorrect. It must be "два с половиной процента", believe me :)

As for целый/целая, I have never heard or read "один целый", but always "одна целая". The same with 2, "две целых" instead of "два целых".

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I'm shocked...my book is wrong...it was written by my teacher

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Originally Posted by krobatshov

are there any sources on the net how to build commas in Russian??
my book seems to be wrong

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http://www.spelling.spb.ru/rosenthal/alpha/r164.htm
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