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Goronsky Posted 11 years ago
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Your preferences, please
Your preferences, please.
a nine-pound, five-ounce baby
a nine-pound-five-ounce baby
a nine-pound five-ounce baby
a six-foot, eight-inch man
a six-foot-eight-inch man
a six-foot eight-inch man
a two-hour, twenty-minute play
a two-hour-twenty-minute play
a two-hour twenty-minute play
a five-hour, fifty-two-minute, thirty-second marathon
a five-hour-fifty-two-minute-thirty-second marathon
a five-hour fifty-two-minute thirty-second marathon
a nine-pound, five-ounce baby
a nine-pound-five-ounce baby
a nine-pound five-ounce baby
a six-foot, eight-inch man
a six-foot-eight-inch man
a six-foot eight-inch man
a two-hour, twenty-minute play
a two-hour-twenty-minute play
a two-hour twenty-minute play
a five-hour, fifty-two-minute, thirty-second marathon
a five-hour-fifty-two-minute-thirty-second marathon
a five-hour fifty-two-minute thirty-second marathon
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I notice there hasn’t been a rush to respond to this question. Myself, I have preferences that go sometimes beyond the choices you’ve listed. First, unless there’s a legal need to write the measurements in words, I think numerals are easier to read.
- I notice there hasn’t been a rush to respond to this question.
- Myself, I have preferences that go sometimes beyond the choices you’ve listed.
- First, unless there’s a legal need to write the measurements in words, I think numerals are easier to read.
- “a 9-pound 5-ounce baby” or “a nine-pound five-ounce baby” With height, assuming feet and inches are still used in USA, it seems unnecessary to say “inches”; however, when preceding the object with the weight: “a 6-foot-8 man” or “a six-foot eight-inch man” I have never been to a play or a marathon where the expected time is so precise; but “a two-hour and twenty-minute play” “a five-hour fifty-two-minute and thirty-second marathon”
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I notice there hasn’t been a rush to respond to this question. Myself, I have preferences that go sometimes beyond the choices you’ve listed. First, unless there’s a legal need to write the measurements in words, I think numerals are easier to read.
“a 9-pound 5-ounce baby” or
“a nine-pound five-ounce baby”
With height, assuming feet and inches are still used in USA, it see
“a 9-pound 5-ounce baby” or
“a nine-pound five-ounce baby”
With height, assuming feet and inches are still used in USA, it see
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