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Liveinjapan Posted 15 years ago
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Zero

The quake was rated with an intensity of 4-plus on the Japanese scale of zero to 7.

Hi,
It seems spelling out the number 0 is standard, but why?
Thanks.
  

Top answer

Because 0 looks like O , I suppose.

  • Because 0 looks like O , I suppose.
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Because 0 looks like O, I suppose.
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Aha, that's right! Thanks, Mr M.

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