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To: MNJohnnie
Corporations employ 10s of millions of people.

Should be "Corporations employ tens of millions of people."

A good rule of thumb is any number that you have to add letters to should be written out.

19 posted on 03/24/2020 4:16:18 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Leave it to me to be holdin' the matches when the fire truck shows up & there's nobody else to blame)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Thank you!


25 posted on 03/24/2020 4:20:07 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (They would have abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
A good rule of thumb is any number that you have to add letters to should be written out.

Awesome rule. What about eras/dates EG 1980's ?

Is Nineteen Eighties clearer?

Just being a smarty-pants.

55 posted on 03/24/2020 5:06:28 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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