dailywritingtips.com — How do you express numbers in your writing? When do you use figures (numerals, digits) and when do you write out the number in words (letters)? That is, when do you write 9 and when do you write nine?
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szembekJul 31, 2007
There is one rule. If it's < 20, spell it out.
flarn2006Jul 31, 2007
Why is this in Tech Industry News?
bnuk013Jul 31, 2007
except the comma thing, most everywhere in the world a comma means a decimal point so you could end up with 1000 times less of something than you wanted. I just think it is a bad habit unless you are an english major or something.
toaplanJul 31, 2007
This is overly pedantic but replacing 'rules' with 'guidelines' would make it clearer. Write readable, which in most cases means don't write out percent or per cent (looks like a name when broken up).
ahill7Jul 31, 2007
But sadly, I lost points for not following the MLA style or Chicago style.
y2048Aug 8, 2007
<a class="user" href="http://www.grammarbook.com/numbers/numbers.asp">http://www.grammarbook.com/numbers/numbers.asp</a>
copywritingukOct 27, 2007
I agree that when numbers are written as numerals it really does make it easier to scan the text and actually understand what is going on. More info on writing <a class="user" href="http://www.copywriting-on-demand.com/markets.htm">http://www.copywriting-on-demand.com/markets.htm</a>
brazileditJul 1, 2009
That depends on who you consider "everybody else." Not only in Europe, but in most countries that have had European influence, except for those of English colonization, the dot is used to separate thousands, millions, etc., while the comma is used to separate decimals. I am from Brazil, and that is how we have always written large numbers. And the same is true for most of South America.And if anything is at all bizarre, it is considering different practices a bizarrice. They are just different.