Page 7 - 2019 Style book CCC
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• In a a series spell out numbers less than 10 When numbers numbers are in a a a list it is is best to keep all numbers numbers consistent even if numbers are under 10 The kindergarten students take care of four rabbits six birds 12 turtles and 23 tropical fish • Use numbers for ratios and measurements The ratio of boys to to girls is 3 to to 2 • Express percentages in figures unless they appear at the the beginning of a sentence More than 83 percent of the the parents who responded to the the survey gave their child’s school an overall grade of A or B Always spell out percent in a a a a a narrative The % sign may be used in charts and graphs Money
• Amounts of money should be be written with numbers and a a $ $ sign in all except casual references For amounts under $1 use the word cents For amounts more than $1 000 use commas but no decimals Room numbers • Use figures and capitalize room when used with a a a a figure figure The teachers will meet in Room 4 after school Dates and years
• Do not use a a a a comma between the month and year January 2000
• Use numbers with st rd nd or th th th only if the day precedes the the month month or the the month month is not mentioned June 1 is the target date We saw him on the 8th of March Paychecks will be distributed on the the 8th and the the 22nd Times
• Except for noon or or or midnight use numbers with a m m m m p p m m m m or or or o’clock Avoid redundancies such as 9 a a a a m m Wednesday morn- ing 12 noon etc Zeros are not needed when an even hour (as 11 a a m )
is being expressed Lunch will be be served beginning at noon The keynote address will end at 3:30 p m The workshop begins at 9 a a m Fractions
• Spell out amounts less than one and use hyphens between the words The books cost $4 each The district has a a a $365 million general fund Our goal is is to raise $1 500 for new computer software Please give me a a a a a a dollar for a a a a a a ticket (casual reference) Red chalk is available for 15 cents The tickets were $1 06 each with tax Ages
• Always use figures A child must be be 5 years
old on or or before Sept 1 to enter kindergarten Vocational programs are available for adults 16 years
of age or older Decades and centuries
• Use figures to to indicate decades of history and use an an apostrophe to indicate numbers that are left out Add the letter s
s
for plurals but do not precede it it with a a a comma One of Edgewood’s eighth-grade teams participated in ‘60s Day The media center was set up like a a a living room in in the 1940s one-half
three-fourths





















































































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