Re: What's 1 to do?

Subject: Re: What's 1 to do?
From: Geoff Lane <geoff -at- gjctech -dot- co -dot- uk>
To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:53:56 +0100

On Tuesday, July 15, 2008, Leonard C. Porrello wrote;

> Does anyone know why we spell out one through ten?
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I thought it had something to do with avoiding the confusion over
whether a character was a "1" or an "l", a "0" or an "O", a "5" or an
"S", etc. That said, digits or spelled out, I'll do whatever the style
guide requires.

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Geoff

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Follow-Ups:

References:
What's 1 to do?: From: Peter Neilson
RE: What's 1 to do?: From: Sean Brierley
RE: What's 1 to do?: From: Chris Vickery
RE: What's 1 to do?: From: Leonard C. Porrello

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