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To: MMaschin

“Eleven of 13”

notice the attempt to mix numeric terms to confuse and evade readability for some.


2 posted on 07/27/2021 8:40:44 AM PDT by George from New England
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To: George from New England

Just got a rate increase notice ...

Sleazy corporate types doing it here too.

Basic Service Charge:
Current: $15.05 per mo.
Proposed 2022: 70c per day

More deception


3 posted on 07/27/2021 8:42:40 AM PDT by George from New England
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To: George from New England

>>notice the attempt to mix numeric terms to confuse and evade readability for some.

Give me a break, if that confuses a reader, then they are probably under 5 years old.


4 posted on 07/27/2021 8:44:52 AM PDT by qwerty1234
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To: George from New England
“Eleven of 13” notice the attempt to mix numeric terms to confuse and evade readability for some.

I think there are several rules on style that say the above was written correctly.

7 posted on 07/27/2021 8:46:47 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: George from New England

They started the sentence with the number “eleven”...usually a sentence is not started with the arabic numerals.
Freegards.


8 posted on 07/27/2021 8:48:58 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: George from New England
notice the attempt to mix numeric terms to confuse and evade readability

Incorrect. All style sheets say spell out a number that starts a sentence.

11 posted on 07/27/2021 8:51:38 AM PDT by M. Thatcher
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To: George from New England

The grammar rules for numerals are not real specific other than they be consistent within the writing. When starting a sentence with a number, I believe it is appropriate to spell out the number.


14 posted on 07/27/2021 9:01:29 AM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: George from New England

notice the attempt to mix numeric terms to confuse and evade readability for some.

Stylistically, they probably don’t want to start a sentence with a number.

7 of 10 doctors...

Seven of 10 doctors...


20 posted on 07/27/2021 10:27:41 AM PDT by Flick Lives (“Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives.”)
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