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21.2 words versus numerals additional rules 1. When you use numbers from one to
eleven within a written text, write them as words (e.g.
nine ) rather than numerals (e.g.
9 ). The reason for this is visual it is harder to see a digit in a text than a word, e.g.
1 is harder to see than
one .
Exceptions 21.3 2. Consider using words for numbers above ten if this will facilitate reading.
3. Do not mix words and digits to refer to the same number, unless this number is a million or more.
4. Do not mix words and digits within the same context.
5. Times of day are written as numerals use the 24 hour clock to avoid having to use
a.m. (before midday) or
p.m. (after midday.
YES NO 1
For the color measurements,
three fruits of each cultivar were analyzed. For the color measurements,
3 fruits of each cultivar were analyzed.
2 Of the 270
examined faecal samples, 46
were positive for Trichuridae eggs
six (2.2%) were positive for
E. boehmi (Fig. a)
, twelve (4.4%)
E. aerophilus (Fig. band
thirty-three (12.2%) for
T. vulpis (Fig. c. Of the 270 examined faecal samples,
46 were positive for Trichuridae eggs
6 (2.2%) were positive for
E. boehmi (Fig. a)
, 12 (4.4%)
E. aerophilus (Fig. band
33 (12.2%) for
T. vulpis (Fig. c.
2 In
Tables 1 and 2, twenty samples with …
In Tables 1 and 2, 20 samples with …
3 There were
200,000 people at the conference. There were
200 thousand people at the conference. There were
two hundred thousand people at the conference.
3 More than half of the Earth’s
7.4 billion inhabitants live in the tropics and subtropics. More than half of the Earth’s
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