Guest guest Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 > As far as I remember the CMS maintains that the figures should be spelled. Aren't there variations and exceptions? I'd like to see a quote from Chicago or similar, if that's possible... > > On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 09:48 -0400, Bhakti Vikasa Swami > <Bhakti.Vikasa.Swami (AT) pamho (DOT) net> wrote: > > > Still a question regarding numbers. I don't know what to do. I think > > > "five hundred" looks better than 500, and "five thousand" better than > > > 5000, but "108" better than one hundred and eight. And then we have > > > cases like "200-300 rupees." Should it stay as is, or be changed to > > > "two hundred to three hundred"? > > > > As I don't know how to answer this, I hereby refer it to the Editing > > conf savants. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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