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This may reveal my utter stupidity but can someone tell me, when you write numbers, why are numbers one to nine written as words and 10 and above written with numbers?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Lots of places have different rules. At school I was taught to go up to twelve lettered, but begin with numbers at 13.
The Telegraph StyleBook: http://www.telegraph..../about-us/style-book/ says:
"Spell out numbers below 10: one, nine, first fourth, 17th, 123rd, 999. One million, two million, 10 million, 999 million. Give broken millions in full only when it is misleading to decimalise to two places; 2,736,123 but prefer 2.74 million. If possible leave a thin space between the number and the "million"."
http://www.telegraph....asures-and-money.html
Which appears to be the same as you.
The Telegraph StyleBook: http://www.telegraph..../about-us/style-book/ says:
"Spell out numbers below 10: one, nine, first fourth, 17th, 123rd, 999. One million, two million, 10 million, 999 million. Give broken millions in full only when it is misleading to decimalise to two places; 2,736,123 but prefer 2.74 million. If possible leave a thin space between the number and the "million"."
http://www.telegraph....asures-and-money.html
Which appears to be the same as you.
Agree Ed... as one never knows if the person is dyslexic, poorly educated, does not have english as a first language, is unable to use a spell checker, or is just lazy...or like me a rubbish typist...
It might be better if the posters who continually correct others were asked to stop as it can seem like a subtle bullying or a way to do a bit of winding up.
It might be better if the posters who continually correct others were asked to stop as it can seem like a subtle bullying or a way to do a bit of winding up.
there's no law, but publishers tend to choose a house style for the sake of consistency. The Guardian's is the same as the Telegraph's:
"Spell out from one to nine; numerals from 10 to 999,999; thereafter use m or bn for sums of money, quantities or inanimate objects in copy, eg £10m, 5bn tonnes of coal, 30m doses of vaccine; but million or billion for people or animals, eg one million people, 25 million rabbits, the world population is seven billion, etc; spell trillion in full at first mention, then tn; in headlines use m, bn or tn "
The Nox Publishing House works to different rules, especially if it demands that you spell out forty-two thousand, six hundred and seventy-five and a half.
"Spell out from one to nine; numerals from 10 to 999,999; thereafter use m or bn for sums of money, quantities or inanimate objects in copy, eg £10m, 5bn tonnes of coal, 30m doses of vaccine; but million or billion for people or animals, eg one million people, 25 million rabbits, the world population is seven billion, etc; spell trillion in full at first mention, then tn; in headlines use m, bn or tn "
The Nox Publishing House works to different rules, especially if it demands that you spell out forty-two thousand, six hundred and seventy-five and a half.