Using numbers in sentences

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0 I recently had the following question on an English Composition exam and missed it.  Perhaps someone can tell me the correct answer, but more importantly....WHY. 02br02br00Select the sentence that is structurally and grammatically correct..... 02br02br001.  There were five cars and 7 planes. 02br02br002.  There were 5 cars and 7 planes. 02br02br003.  There were five cars and seven planes. 02br02br004.  There were five cars and eleven planes. 0-

Jacklong · Accepted Answer

0 I guess the question is ' select the sentence that is structurally and grammatically incorrect..... '. 02br
00Because all of them are correct structurally and grammatically except the first one to me. 0-

Paco2004 · Answer

0 Hello Guest 02br
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00As Jacklong pointed out, all the sentences you presented are grammatical. The problem would be not their grammaticality but whether they are good or not from the viewpoint of writing styles. The sentence #1 is too bad in the style because this sentence is using an Arabic numeral and an English word numeral in a mixed manner. I personally like the style of #2, but the style is the one used rather in math or arithmetic textbooks. 02br
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Ericupsman · Answer

0 Thank you both for your help. 0-

Sellers_elizabeth · Answer

0 I realize this posting is old, but thought I'd add my two cents.. All I have to go on is my highschool English education. I'm trying to find a better reference to 02br
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00The rule is: Whenever a number in a sentence is less than 10, it should be expressed as a word. Any number greater than 10 should be expressed in a sentence with numerals. 02br
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001) is incorrect because the '7' is not expressed as a word. 02br
002) is incorrect because the '5' and the '7' are not expressed as a word. 02br
004) is incorrect because the number '11' is greater than 10 and should be expressed with numeric characters. 02br
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003) is correct because both numbers are expressed as a word. 02br
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00If I find a decent reference for where on earth my English teachers got this rule from, I'll post it. 02br
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00Cheers, Liz 0-

Guest · Answer

0 To make sentence clear and understndable. I suggest you should not mix numeric number to a word number. I trust this would clear your doubts. 02br
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Anonymous · Answer

3. In writing the number below 10 can be written as words. 3 is consistent and both values are less than 10. I know this is late, but I still hope it helps.

Jade

Anonymous · Answer

0There were five cars and seven planes.0-

Anonymous · Answer

0Actually sentence #3 is the only one that is correct. According to the style guides at the University of Colorado at Boulder, this is the rule:02br
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01b05000In General02b00 The following guidelines apply to the majority of CU writing except for scientific, statistical, technical, and mathematical writing. 01ul

00Spell out one to nine. Use numerals for 10 and above. 01ul
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00I have seen this rule established and used in other resources, also.02br
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00I hope this helps!02br
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00Thanks.02br
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00Marilyn02br
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00Plano, TX0510namegeneral

Anonymous · Answer

0Number 3 is correct:  you spell out the numbers one through nine; you actually write the number if it's 10 or above.0-

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