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BBC Spelling test
New BBC Spelling Test
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4059953.stm
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Author Vivian Cook, whose book, Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary, looks at many common mistakes in spelling, points out that six out of 10 15-year-olds cannot write 10 lines without making an error, while there are words which adults struggle with all their lives.
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"six out of 10" - would it not be better to be consistent?
ie '6 out of 10' or 'six out of ten'
My feeling is that the quoted text is clumsy and not as simple to understand as it could be. In an article on written English surely more care should be taken.
regards
Matthew Newell
(who slipped-up on Q.8 and Q.10 by clicking too quickly )
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4059953.stm
quote
Author Vivian Cook, whose book, Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary, looks at many common mistakes in spelling, points out that six out of 10 15-year-olds cannot write 10 lines without making an error, while there are words which adults struggle with all their lives.
unquote
"six out of 10" - would it not be better to be consistent?
ie '6 out of 10' or 'six out of ten'
My feeling is that the quoted text is clumsy and not as simple to understand as it could be. In an article on written English surely more care should be taken.
regards
Matthew Newell
(who slipped-up on Q.8 and Q.10 by clicking too quickly )
Top answer
stm quote Author Vivian Cook, whose book, Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary, looks at many common ... as simple to understand as it could be. [/nq] There are plenty of style manuals that require numbers under 10 (except those in measure of time, distance, weight, or volume) to be spelt out.
- stm quote Author Vivian Cook, whose book, Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary, looks at many common ...
- as simple to understand as it could be.
- [/nq] There are plenty of style manuals that require numbers under 10 (except those in measure of time, distance, weight, or volume) to be spelt out.
- Some require numbers under 100 to be spelt out.
- They also require that their style decisions be consistently adhered to.
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Matthew Newell wrote on 03 Dec 2004:
[nq:1]New BBC Spelling Test http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4059953.stm quote Author Vivian Cook, whose book, Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary, looks at many common ... as simple to understand as it could be. In an article on written English surely more car
[nq:1]New BBC Spelling Test http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4059953.stm quote Author Vivian Cook, whose book, Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary, looks at many common ... as simple to understand as it could be. In an article on written English surely more car
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[nq:1]New BBC Spelling Test http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4059953.stm quote Author Vivian Cook, whose book, Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary, looks at many common ... 10" - would it not be better to be consistent? ie '6 out of 10' or 'six out of ten'[/nq]
I agree. Some style sheets insist t
I agree. Some style sheets insist t
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[nq:1]Matthew Newell wrote on 03 Dec 2004:[/nq]
[nq:2]New BBC Spelling Test http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4059953.stm quote Author Vivian Cook, whose ... article on written English surely more care should be taken.[/nq]
[nq:1]There are plenty of style manuals that require numbers under 10 (e
[nq:2]New BBC Spelling Test http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4059953.stm quote Author Vivian Cook, whose ... article on written English surely more care should be taken.[/nq]
[nq:1]There are plenty of style manuals that require numbers under 10 (e
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[nq:1]Surely you meant to say "Cook" and "spelling"?[/nq]
You're surely right. Sorry.
Ross Howard
You're surely right. Sorry.
Ross Howard
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[nq:2]New BBC Spelling Test http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4059953.stm quote Author Vivian Cook, whose ... ie '6 out of 10' or 'six out of ten'[/nq]
[nq:1]I agree. Some style sheets insist that all numbers from one to nine should be written out, while 10 and ... indeed they have one perhaps they
[nq:1]I agree. Some style sheets insist that all numbers from one to nine should be written out, while 10 and ... indeed they have one perhaps they
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[nq:1]This logic also applies to units. Saying some thing like, "from 500Hz to 1KHz" can be confusing where "from 500- to 1000Hz" is clearer.[/nq]
And yet I don't think the same rule would apply to bytes. "500KB to 1000KB" looks odd to me, and only gets one hit on Google, whereas "500KB to 1 MB" gets 133 hits. Are most EE's familiar with the notation you used for hertzes?
And yet I don't think the same rule would apply to bytes. "500KB to 1000KB" looks odd to me, and only gets one hit on Google, whereas "500KB to 1 MB" gets 133 hits. Are most EE's familiar with the notation you used for hertzes?
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Jess Askin wrote on 03 Dec 2004:
[nq:2]Matthew Newell wrote on 03 Dec 2004: There are plenty ... their style decisions be consistently adhered to. It's a choice.[/nq]
[nq:1]That is often the rule, but what kind of lunkhead would apply it so literally in this case?[/nq]A copy editor, a newspaper reporter, or anyone else whose writing has to be done according to a particular set of style-man
[nq:2]Matthew Newell wrote on 03 Dec 2004: There are plenty ... their style decisions be consistently adhered to. It's a choice.[/nq]
[nq:1]That is often the rule, but what kind of lunkhead would apply it so literally in this case?[/nq]A copy editor, a newspaper reporter, or anyone else whose writing has to be done according to a particular set of style-man
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Jess Askin wrote on 03 Dec 2004:
[nq:1]10[/nq]
[nq:2]This logic also applies to units. Saying some thing like, "from 500Hz to 1KHz" can be confusing where "from 500- to 1000Hz" is clearer.[/nq]
One generally does not use a hyphen in addition to "to" between units like "Hz". It's either
"from 500 (Hz) to 1000 Hz"
or
"from 500-1000 Hz"
and there are spaces between the num
[nq:1]10[/nq]
[nq:2]This logic also applies to units. Saying some thing like, "from 500Hz to 1KHz" can be confusing where "from 500- to 1000Hz" is clearer.[/nq]
One generally does not use a hyphen in addition to "to" between units like "Hz". It's either
"from 500 (Hz) to 1000 Hz"
or
"from 500-1000 Hz"
and there are spaces between the num
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[nq:1]10[/nq]
[nq:2]This logic also applies to units. Saying some thing like, "from 500Hz to 1KHz" can be confusing where "from 500- to 1000Hz" is clearer.[/nq]
[nq:1]And yet I don't think the same rule would apply to bytes. "500KB to 1000KB" looks odd to me, and only gets one hit on Google, whereas "500KB to 1 MB" gets 133 hits. Are most EE's familiar with the notation you used for hertze
[nq:2]This logic also applies to units. Saying some thing like, "from 500Hz to 1KHz" can be confusing where "from 500- to 1000Hz" is clearer.[/nq]
[nq:1]And yet I don't think the same rule would apply to bytes. "500KB to 1000KB" looks odd to me, and only gets one hit on Google, whereas "500KB to 1 MB" gets 133 hits. Are most EE's familiar with the notation you used for hertze
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