Hyphens in Numbers
Regardless of where they appear within the whole number, all numbers between 21 and 99 (except 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 and 90) should be hyphenated.
(There is no need to use commas.)
Examples:
 51 (fifty-one  )
234 (two hundred and
thirty-four )
3,567 (three thousand five hundred and
sixty-seven )
(note: no comma in the full version)
44,120 (forty-four thousand one hundred and
twenty )
25,223 (twenty five thousand two hundred and twenty
three  )
("twenty five" and "twenty three" should be hyphenated.)
5,223 (five thousand, two hundred and
twenty-three )
(comma not required)
23,237,897 (twenty-three million two hundred and thirty-seven thousand eight
hundred and ninety-seven )
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FORTY NOT FOURTY
The number 40 is spelt forty and not fourty.
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