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AP Style anyone?
0 The sentence - "The 00 2 and a half 00 story house was burnt to the ground." - does AP style reccommend spelling out 2 1/2 or simply using the numerical form? Thanks 0-
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0 Search with the Google 02 br
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0 "for mixed number 1 1/2, 2 5/8, etc., with a full space between the numeral and the fraction" 0-
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I don't know if it's different when used with "and a half," but AP style for numbers is you spell out one through nine and use numerals for 10 and greater.
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Just checked and Grammar Geek is correct. In this case it should be 2 1/2.
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