Re: What's 1 to do?

[Geoff Lane <geoff -at- gjctech -dot- co -dot- uk>]

On Tuesday, July 15, 2008, Leonard C. Porrello wrote;

> Does anyone know why we spell out one through ten?
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I thought it had something to do with avoiding the confusion over
whether a character was a "1" or an "l", a "0" or an "O", a "5" or an
"S", etc. That said, digits or spelled out, I'll do whatever the style
guide requires.

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Geoff

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