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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Grammar

In an academia paper I am trying to say a subjet is 5'8". Do I write it like 5'8" or do i write five feet, eight inches tall?
  

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If it's for a particular course, you should be follow the particular style manual that your professor advises you to use. If it's for a particular journal, you should follow the style manual used by that journal. Sometimes writers have more than one version of a paper because the journals they submit the article to may follow different style manuals.

— CalifJim

  • If it's for a particular course, you should be follow the particular style manual that your professor advises you to use.
  • If it's for a particular journal, you should follow the style manual used by that journal.
  • Sometimes writers have more than one version of a paper because the journals they submit the article to may follow different style manuals.
  • I would write 5' 8".
  • CJ
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If it's for a particular course, you should be follow the particular style manual that your professor advises you to use. If it's for a particular journal, you should follow the style manual used by that journal. Sometimes writers have more than one version of a paper because the journals they submit the article to may follow different style manuals.

I would write 5' 8".

CJ
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If your work may be read by people who are more accustomed to the metric system, write 5'8"(1.73m).

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