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Subject:Re: spelled out numbers From:David Manney <dmanney -at- BABSON-BROS -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 28 Jan 1998 14:54:40 -0600
Like Chuck Martin, I looked up what my handbooks said. Of the 3 (three) I
had here, only 1 (one) listed any sort of a rule:
The Borzoi Handbook for Writers - "...in scientific and technical writing,
figures (67) are preferred to written-out numbers (sixty-seven), though
very large multiples, such as million, are written out."
FWIW
Regards,
David Manney
Technical Writer/Illustrator
Babson Bros. Co.
dmanney -at- babson-bros -dot- com
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