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1、RulesforNumbersinWritingTherulesregardingnumbersinwritingvaryamongacademicdisciplines.Theconventionswithinengineering,forexample,maydifferfromthosewithinbusiness.Theguidelinesbelowareappropriatewithinthecontextofgeneralwriting.►Spelloutnumbersnineandunderforbothord
2、inalandcardinalnumbers.Hemadeninespellingerrors.Shewastheseventhapplicant.thHemade13spellingerrors.Shewasthe13applicant.►Spelloutanynumberthatbeginsasentence.Sevenismyluckynumber.►Spelloutanynumberthatprecedesanothernumberexpressedinnumerals.three100-meterraces►Spe
3、lloutindefinitenumbersandamounts,includinglargeapproximations.OverabillionpeopleliveinIndia.►Spelloutfractionsthatarelessthanone,butusenumeralstoavoidawkwardwording.Theinformationindustrywillsoonaccountfortwo-thirdsofalljobs.ThesharepriceofIBMroseby37/8.►Spelloutnu
4、mbersthatexpressthetime,butusenumeralsifyouuseAMandPM.Timesbasedonthetwenty-fourhourclockcanbeexpressedinnumerals.Twoo’clock2a.m.Twominutestomidnight23:58►Spelloutamountsofmoneythatdonotinvolvechange,andwriteouttheunitofcurrencyaswell.Ifyouusesymbolsforcurrency,wri
5、tetheamountinnumerals.Twenty-sevendollarsCanadian$27CanForty-fivefrancsFr45►Usenumeralstoexpressexactamountsofmoney.$1.98►Usenumeralswhenwritingdates.Daysnineandbelowthatprecedethemonth,orappearalonecanbewrittenout.January27,194527January1945thJoscheduledhermeeting
6、forthe13.thChurchillvisitedonthe13ofMayJoscheduledhermeetingfortheseventh.ChurchillvisitedontheseventhofMay►Usenumeralsforpercentages.Insometechnicalcontexts,thesymbol%maybeused;otherwise,writeoutpercent.Only32percentofwomensurveyedwereinfavourofthecandidate.►Whenw
7、ritingalistthatincludesnumbers,beconsistent,ratherthanfollowindividualrules.Wesalvaged3lathes,1drill,and13weldingmachines.Ihaveonecat,twodogs,andthreegoldfish.►Exceptinlegaldocuments,donotexpressamountsinbothfiguresandwords.25(twenty-five)PracticeExerciseRevisethes
8、entencesbelowaccordingtotheaboveguidelines.1.Nearly12,000peopleattendedtheconcert.2.Withonly5outoftwentyplanesclearedforcommercialflights,Flap-Yo
