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Victo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Numbers in Formal Writing
In formal writing, can we go with the numeric versions in these instead of the spelled-out variants?
a 24-hour supermarket
instead of: a twenty-four-hour supermarket
a 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week surveillance
instead of: a twenty-four-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week surveillance
Thank you.
a 24-hour supermarket
instead of: a twenty-four-hour supermarket
a 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week surveillance
instead of: a twenty-four-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week surveillance
Thank you.
Top answer
It depends on what kind of formal writing. If it's that formal, you should have been directed to use a style guide which will answer your question. For general writing, a rule of thumb is to write out ordinary single-digit numbers and use numerals for everything else.
- It depends on what kind of formal writing.
- If it's that formal, you should have been directed to use a style guide which will answer your question.
- For general writing, a rule of thumb is to write out ordinary single-digit numbers and use numerals for everything else.
- In fiction, you often see numbers up to ninety-nine written out.
- In scientific writing, all numerals is not unusual.
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It depends on what kind of formal writing. If it's that formal, you should have been directed to use a style guide which will answer your question. For general writing, a rule of thumb is to write out ordinary single-digit numbers and use numerals for everything else. In fiction, you often see numbers up to ninety-nine written out. In scientific writing, all numerals is not unusual. All else being
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