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Guest  +  1805 Mon, 07 Jul 03 04:44 PM
What is the rule for writing numbers in a letter?
chris, 6 yr 141 days ago
I don't quite understand the question. There are no rules as far as I am aware of.
BethD  +  1820 Tue, 08 Jul 03 12:52 AM
I seem to remember that numbers from 0-9 are written out in full (eg. one, two) and numbers from 10 onwards are written in figures (10, 20, 100).
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Anonymous, 2 yr 183 days ago
130
Lil' Ruby Rose  +  370766 Sat, 26 May 07 01:07 PM

In BrE, 130 = one hundred and thirty or a hundred and thirty

In AmE, I think, 130 = one thirty or one hundred thirty

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Anonymous, 272 days ago
 

Dear Michelle:

This is from The Chicago Manual of Style, 14th ed.

Numerals or Words

8.3 According to Press style the following are spelled out in ordinary text:

Whole numbers from one through ninety-nine ...

Any of the whole numbers above followed by hundred, thousand, hundred thousand, million, and so on.

For all other numbers numerals are used.

If a number between one thousand and ten thousand can be express in terms of hundreds, that style is preferred to numerals.

When spelled-out numbers would cluster thickly in a sentence or paragraph, however, it is often better to use numerals.

If you can consult this wonderful book, you will find examples of each of these rules. 

I hope this is helpful,

 Petra

 

 

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