No Mistakes Grammar Bites, Volume XXX, How to Use Numbers When Writing

By Giacomo Giammatteo

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Giacomo Giammatteo
• Release date: Apr 2, 2021
• ISBN: 9781949074550

Giacomo Giammatteo

Giacomo Giammatteo lives in Texas, where he and his wife run an animal sanctuary and take care of 41 loving rescues. By day, he works as a headhunter in the medical device industry, and at night, he writes.

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No Mistakes Grammar Bites, Volume XXX

How to Use Numbers When Writing

Giacomo Giammatteo

Inferno Publishing Company

Contents

I. Numbers

1. How to Use Numbers When Writing

2. Using Numbers When Writing

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Also by Giacomo Giammatteo

Part One

Numbers

A lot of writers simply skip over the recommendations of how to use numbers when writing.

It’s not something that should be ignored though. The practice of when to use digits and when to spell out the numbers is fairly specific, and different style guides recommend different styles.

I’ve tried to list the major differences between AP and CMOS, but not all are covered. In addition, if you use a style guide other than AP or CMOS, it may call for something not mentioned here. It’s yet again another reason to pick a guide and stick with it.

Chapter One

How to Use Numbers When Writing

Before we get started, I’m going to briefly discuss numbers and numerals. By definition, a numeral is:

A word, letter, symbol, or figure, etc., expressing a number.

There are rules regarding when to use the word numeral versus number. I’m going to ignore those rules and use number or numbers for most things, however, if I do use numeral it will refer to the symbol. Figure may also be used to represent a