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Zazzex Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Numerical expression 10 vs ten
Hello
As far as I know, when you write numbers, written out "ten" is preferred to "10" for small numbers.
However, I often see arabic numerals in academic papers.
Is that a usual mistake or an intended acceptable use to make the numeral stand out clearly?
Thanks for your kindness.
As far as I know, when you write numbers, written out "ten" is preferred to "10" for small numbers.
However, I often see arabic numerals in academic papers.
Is that a usual mistake or an intended acceptable use to make the numeral stand out clearly?
Thanks for your kindness.
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It depends on the publisher's house style; after review and acceptance, academic papers go through a copy editing process performed by the publisher. For example, recently I've had all my "ten"s changed to "10"s by an elsevier copy editor. Mostly people seem to agree that single-digit numbers should be written in full, while multi-digit numbers are written as numerals.
- It depends on the publisher's house style; after review and acceptance, academic papers go through a copy editing process performed by the publisher.
- For example, recently I've had all my "ten"s changed to "10"s by an elsevier copy editor.
- Mostly people seem to agree that single-digit numbers should be written in full, while multi-digit numbers are written as numerals.
- "Neat" numbers, like ten or hundred or thousand, could go either way...
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It depends on the publisher's house style; after review and acceptance, academic papers go through a copy editing process performed by the publisher. For example, recently I've had all my "ten"s changed to "10"s by an elsevier copy editor. Mostly people seem to agree that single-digit numbers should be written in full, while multi-digit numbers are written as numerals. "Neat" numbers, like ten or
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