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Victo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Height vs Weight
Style manuals don't cover these:
The baby weighed 10 pounds 5 ounces.
Not: The baby weighed 10 pounds, 5 ounces.
a 10-pound 5-ounce baby
Not: a 10-pound-5-ounce baby (too many hyphens??)
Not: a 10-pound, 5-ounce baby (no comma separators between a single unit of measurement, correct?)
a man 6 feet 5 inches tall
Not: a man 6 feet, 5 inches tall (same logic)
a 6-foot 5-inch man
Not: a 6-foot-5-inch man or a 6-foot, 5-inch man
(same logic as above with the 'weight' examples)
How would you personally write each of the four – both forms, including the compound modifiers?
The baby weighed 10 pounds 5 ounces.
Not: The baby weighed 10 pounds, 5 ounces.
a 10-pound 5-ounce baby
Not: a 10-pound-5-ounce baby (too many hyphens??)
Not: a 10-pound, 5-ounce baby (no comma separators between a single unit of measurement, correct?)
a man 6 feet 5 inches tall
Not: a man 6 feet, 5 inches tall (same logic)
a 6-foot 5-inch man
Not: a 6-foot-5-inch man or a 6-foot, 5-inch man
(same logic as above with the 'weight' examples)
How would you personally write each of the four – both forms, including the compound modifiers?
Top answer
Hi In the UK we have the Guardian style guide which is good on many things. uk/styleguide Dave -
- Hi In the UK we have the Guardian style guide which is good on many things.
- uk/styleguide Dave -
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Hi
In the UK we have the Guardian style guide which is good on many things. They have suggestions for weight and height that I think are OK:
- The baby weighed 10lb 5oz
- The man was 6ft 5in
http://www.guardian.co.uk/styleguide
Dave
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In the UK we have the Guardian style guide which is good on many things. They have suggestions for weight and height that I think are OK:
- The baby weighed 10lb 5oz
- The man was 6ft 5in
http://www.guardian.co.uk/styleguide
Dave
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