By Punctuation, Numbers

http://www.oah.org/pubs/magazine/style-manual.html B. Treatment of Numbers 1. Whole numbers. Whole numbers from one through ninety-nine are spelled out in ordinary text, as well as any of these numbers followed by hundred, thousand, million, etc. The same general principle is applied to...

. http://www.stolaf.edu/offices/communications/style/numbers.html For ordinal numbers (first, second etc.), spell out first through ninth when they indicate sequence in time or location. Starting with 10th, use figures. Right: first base, the Fifth Amendment Right: He was...

I thought I read that when using ordinal numbers that they should be spelled out up to 99th. Does someone know what the rule is concerning ordinals?

Generally speaking its usually best to spell out numbers up to ten, and then use the actual figures for numbers over that. I'd be just as happy with 35th Reunion.

I am setting up a cover page for a class reunion booklet. I want to indicate that we have been out of school 35 years on the bottom line, but I am unclear as to how to properly word and punctuate the line. I am using 35 as an ordinal number: thirty-fifth, as opposed to thirty-five. When used...

Inchoateknowledge wrote:google would only answer my first question.'why grammar and vocabulary forum when there is google' is more or less what you say?anyway, thanks.incho Well, you asked three questions. I answered two. The first question suggested that you did not do any preliminary...

Hi My Boss, I am a teenager who was born on a (article) day of Sagitarius, (punctuation) I live in the sunny side of life, (punctuation) The Maldives and I am (agreement) a memeber (sp.) of the ALAM family. I am intrested in gothic and futuristic graphics I usually listens (agreement) to...

Paco2004 wrote: Once I was blamed here that I used Google too much, but I still believe a google search will give us a good clue about what form of sentence a majority of English speakers actually use for such a questioning. Do you have children? 2,040,000Do you have any children? 185,000Do you...

The rule given is a guideline, and commas in general are controlled as much by guideline as by legislation; it is often a question of clarity. I think that, in the sentence you quote, the length and complexity of the two dependent clauses have encouraged the writer to insert the unnecessary...

Teo wrote: 1. He studied very hard, however, he didn't pass the exam. 2. He studied very hard; however, he didn't pass the exam. 3. He studied very hard. However, he didn't pass the exam. Which of the above sentences is not acceptable? Number 1.