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Thu, Mar 19, 2009

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Use commas to separate unrelated numbers if neither can be expressed in words.

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Use commas to separate unrelated numbers if neither can be expressed in words and the sentence cannot easily be reworded.

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Use commas to separate the day of the month from the year when the full date is given. (see <a contenteditable=”false” class=”wiki” href=”Dates” title=”wiki : Dates“>Dates entry)

Use commas to separate the year from the rest of the month when the full date occurs midsentence. (see <a contenteditable=”false” title=”wiki : Dates” href=”../../../Dates” class=”wiki”>Dates entry)

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However, if the sentence can be reworded or the number can be spelled out, spell out one number in order to avoid confusion.

EXAMPLE:

In the study sample of 1200, six hundred ninety were men.

We used two 8-inch drains.

Use commas to separate the day of the month from the year when the full date is given. (see <a contenteditable=”false” title=”wiki : Dates” href=”Dates” class=”wiki”>Dates entry)

Use commas to separate the year from the rest of the month when the full date occurs midsentence. (see <a contenteditable=”false” class=”wiki” href=”../../../Dates” title=”wiki : Dates“>Dates entry)

- Use a colon in standard expressions of time (see <a contenteditable=”false” title=”wiki : Clock time” href=”Clock%20time” class=”wiki”>Clock time).

+ Use a colon in standard expressions of time (see <a contenteditable=”false” class=”wiki” href=”Clock%20time” title=”wiki : Clock time“>Clock time).

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Do not use a colon when writing <a contenteditable=”false” title=”wiki : Military times” href=”Military%20times” class=”wiki”>military time.

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Do not use a colon when writing <a contenteditable=”false” class=”wiki” href=”Military%20times” title=”wiki : Military times“>military time.

- Please refer to the following sections regarding numbers and hyphenation: <a contenteditable=”false” title=”wiki : Hyphenating compound numbers” href=”Hyphenating%20compound%20numbers” class=”wiki“>Hyphenating compound numbers, <a contenteditable=”false” title=”wiki : Hyphenating compounds starting with a number” href=”Hyphenating%20compounds%20starting%20with%20a%20number” class=”wiki“>Hyphenating compounds starting with a number, <a contenteditable=”false” title=”wiki : Hyphenating letter or number modifiers” href=”Hyphenating%20letter%20or%20number%20modifiers” class=”wiki“>Hyphenating letter or number modifiers, <a contenteditable=”false” title=”wiki : Hyphenating number ranges” href=”Hyphenating%20number%20ranges” class=”wiki“>Hyphenating number ranges.

+ Please refer to the following sections regarding numbers and hyphenation: <a contenteditable=”false” class=”wiki href=”Hyphenating%20compound%20numbers” title=”wiki : Hyphenating compound numbers”>Hyphenating compound numbers, <a contenteditable=”false” class=”wiki href=”Hyphenating%20compounds%20starting%20with%20a%20number” title=”wiki : Hyphenating compounds starting with a number”>Hyphenating compounds starting with a number, <a contenteditable=”false” class=”wiki href=”Hyphenating%20letter%20or%20number%20modifiers” title=”wiki : Hyphenating letter or number modifiers”>Hyphenating letter or number modifiers, <a contenteditable=”false” class=”wiki href=”Hyphenating%20number%20ranges” title=”wiki : Hyphenating number ranges”>Hyphenating number ranges.

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Please refer also to <a class=”wiki href=”Classifications” title=”wiki : Classifications”>Classifications for specific information about numbers in scores and classification systems.

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Please refer also to <a title=”wiki : Classifications” href=”Classifications” class=”wiki“>Classifications for specific information about numbers in scores and classification systems.

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