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Rule 7:
When a sentence starts with a number, the number is almost always written out as a word.
• Incorrect: 2 girls walked across the street.
• Correct: Two girls walked across the street.

Rule 8:
Write out numbers like first, sixth, forty-third, and so on.
• Incorrect: The student took 1st place in the mathematics competition.
• Correct: The student took first place in the mathematics competition.

Exception: The exception to the above rules is when a sentence starts with s specific year or if the number is
part of a title; then the year (or title) is written as a numeral.
• Incorrect: 2001 was the beginning of the new century.
• Correct: 101 Dalmatians is my favorite movie.

Practice 16: Make corrections as needed in the sentences below.
1. 5 dogs slept on the front porch.

2. To start the quilt, you should cut 6 2-inch strips of cloth.
3. There are over 7,000,000,000 people in the world.

4. In the flower basket, there were 7 yellow, five red, and eight blue flowers.
5. 125 students attended the show.

6. Seventeen hundred seventy-six was the year that the American Declaration of
Independence was signed.

7. 6 Martyrs for Christ is an excellent book.
8. 48 states were a part of the United States before 1957; there are now 50 states.

9. Paula was the 3rd person to receive the scholarship.

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