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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.

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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Clock reference to anatomic position