Re: numbers more than 10

["Parks, Beverly" <ParksB -at- EMH1 -dot- HQISEC -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL>]

Spell it out when the number begins a sentence.


Bev Parks
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>From:  Vikki Shine[SMTP:shinev -at- STD -dot- TERADYNE -dot- COM]
>Sent:  Thursday, May 15, 1997 2:25 PM
>To:    TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>Subject:       numbers more than 10
>
>Hi All,
>
>Can someone tell me what I should with the
>following sentence:
>
>"THE COOLANT SUPPLIED TO THE TEST STATIONS IS A
>DIELECTRIC LIQUID. 15 GALLONS PER SYSTEM IS
>REQUIRED."
>
>At this point, I do not have any say in changing
>the wording. What I need to know; the sentence
>beginning with 15 gallons..should it be 15 written
>out as fifteen gallons..; which is not keeping with
>the convention of writing out numbers less than
>ten; and anything over that using the numeric
>value. What do you think?
>

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