Tag: Numbers
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Using full-date (day-month-year and month-day-year) styles in running text is subject to a publisher’s preferred house style. Both day-month-year and month-day-year formats are commonly used and equally valid, even if one may make more intuitive sense than the other. However, regardless of the format being used, there are some punctuation and style standards to keep…
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You are probably wondering what kind of knowledge could possibly be gleaned from such a pedestrian and “easy” topic as time—we all know this boring stuff from primary school. However, bear with me a moment as several nuances emerge when we look at things more closely. For example, did you know that AM (with capital…
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Today’s post is about how to include currency and money values in your documents. Included here are a handful of practices based on five reputable style manuals used internationally. Notes are available at the end for further research and reading. Using Symbols When setting body text with currency symbols ($, ¢, €, ¥, £, p,…
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Whether to spell out numbers or use numerals is a matter of two things: context and style preference. Today, I highlight some things to consider when including numbers in your work. For clarity, in this post, words means spelling out numbers, as in four or nine, and numerals means using the numeric form (figures), like…