Handbook of Style in Use At the Riverside Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Handbook of Style in Use At the Riverside Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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All numbers that begin a sentence in ordinary reading mat- ter should be spelled out; if this is impracticable, the sentence itself should be reconstructed.
Digitized by Google i6 HANDBOOK OF STYLE Figures should be used with per cent, in matter of a statistical character, but not in other cases. Do not use the % sign in any case.
Figures are used to express degrees of heat; as, 71® F.; or speci- fications of gravity; as, The specific gravity of lead is z 1.352.
Records of votes, and of time in... a race, are expressed more clearly in figures; as, 20 yeas to 41 nays; one mile in 2 minutes, 23H seconds.
Numbers containing decimals or fractions are usually put in figures; but do not use a fraction alone, except a decimal. For example, 145. z cm.; .z cm.; 2H yards; but not 14 mile.
In dates omit d, th, and st after figures; as, October 2, Z902 ; November z, December 4. Use the forms 2d of November, ist of March, 4th of June, etc., when the day precedes the month.
Where niunbers are spelled out, express the amount by hun- dreds rather than by thousands; i.e., twenty-eight hundred and sixty, rather than two thousand eight hundred and sixty.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
All numbers that begin a sentence in ordinary reading mat- ter should be spelled out; if this is impracticable, the sentence itself should be reconstructed.
Digitized by Google i6 HANDBOOK OF STYLE Figures should be used with per cent, in matter of a statistical character, but not in other cases. Do not use the % sign in any case.
Figures are used to express degrees of heat; as, 71® F.; or speci- fications of gravity; as, The specific gravity of lead is z 1.352.
Records of votes, and of time in... a race, are expressed more clearly in figures; as, 20 yeas to 41 nays; one mile in 2 minutes, 23H seconds.
Numbers containing decimals or fractions are usually put in figures; but do not use a fraction alone, except a decimal. For example, 145. z cm.; .z cm.; 2H yards; but not 14 mile.
In dates omit d, th, and st after figures; as, October 2, Z902 ; November z, December 4. Use the forms 2d of November, ist of March, 4th of June, etc., when the day precedes the month.
Where niunbers are spelled out, express the amount by hun- dreds rather than by thousands; i.e., twenty-eight hundred and sixty, rather than two thousand eight hundred and sixty.
What to read after Handbook of Style in Use At the Riverside Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts?
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