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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Using percentages in text of a book
In the text of a book (novel) is it correct to say 90 percent or should it be ninety percent?
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If my memory serves me right then I believe you would write "ninety percent". I think I remember my grammar book saying that anything that needs you to use more then 2 words to describe a number then you should just use the number instead. so then you would just write the number.
- If my memory serves me right then I believe you would write "ninety percent".
- I think I remember my grammar book saying that anything that needs you to use more then 2 words to describe a number then you should just use the number instead.
- so then you would just write the number.
- Hope that helps.
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If my memory serves me right then I believe you would write "ninety percent". Generally avoid writing numbers unless its something like 15326...I think I remember my grammar book saying that anything that needs you to use more then 2 words to describe a number then you should just use the number instead. Like 1000 is only one thousand, but 1502 is one thousand five hundred and two...so then you w
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