Spell out numbers nine and below; use numerals for numbers above 10. Avoid starting sentences with numbers; most can be spelled out, but years must appear as numerals, so try to write the sentence a different way. Unless there are minutes to add to the hour, time of day is just one ...
You may have noticed a theme when it comes to the English language: most rules are not standardized. This (somewhat frustrating) fact is especially true when it comes to spelling out numbers. Should you write them out in words or leave them as numerals? To write numbers properly, you will...
Lastly, although it is a niche rule, a lot of guides mention that you should spell out numbers if they are used in a common phrase or colloquial expression. If the number is large, it is also advised to hyphenate in the spelling. For instance: I think the song goes: “Ninety-nine ...
The MLA style, for instance, suggests spelling out numbers when you can write them in two words or less. So, thirty-five, eleven hundred, and one third. But: 301 and 1,107. Butthe APA stylesuggests only spelling out numbers below 10, so nine and three, but 11, 100, and 1/3. Fo...
When to spell out numbers Are dates proper nouns? When to capitalize New Year When to use commas with names When is a colon used in a title? Why are some words hyphenated? When to use an apostrophe after 's' When to use dashes or commas When to use parentheses When to use brackets ...
There’s some disagreement about whether to add the extra “s” for the possessive form of names ending in “s”: for example, do you writeDarius’orDarius’s? Language authorities differ in their recommendations, but since styles guides like MLA, APA, and Chicago recommend adding the “s,...
Use a hyphen to join words or parts of words. Do you hyphenate numbers? Hyphenate numbers between twenty-one and ninety-nine when spelling them out. Hyphenate two-word simple fractions like one-third when spelling them out. Can hyphens and dashes be used the same way? No. While hyphens jo...
Using the concept of role-taking, as the ability to take the role of the other (Cast2004; Love and Davis2014; Mead1934), I examine the pathway between trauma exposure and its psychological and emotional consequences among workers who assist. In the service of clients, workers may take the ...
According to Jones (1998), "Students often had difficulty using APA style, especially when it was their first time" (p. 199). MLA Style Step 1 Begin your reference page on a separate page at the end of your research paper. It should have the same one-inch margins and last name, page...
This study aimed to derive tourism motives and constraint factors that have changed or are newly applicable after COVID-19, and to identify the influencing relationships between these factors and complex aspects of tourism behavior intentions. For this purpose, the Push-Pull-Mooring model was used....