I do that but was wondering if there's some official cut off number.

Oct 8, 2015
1:26:39pm

UneducatedFan

Like I said it was a long time ago I took a class where I thought I remembered them saying to write out certain numbers and just use the numeric values on others.

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What are the "email/correspondence" rules with regards to numbers?

UneducatedFan

10/8/15 1:23pm

The only rule I make sure to follow is if you are starting a sentence with a

supertux

10/8/15 1:24pm

Sounds good.

UneducatedFan

10/8/15 1:25pm

Also this. Or if you have two numbers next to each other, one is numeric and one

BYUCoug11

10/8/15 1:25pm

Make sure they're consistent is all I've ever heard

BYUCoug11

10/8/15 1:24pm

I do that but was wondering if there's some official cut off number.

UneducatedFan

10/8/15 1:26pm

Spell out numbers zero through nine

Sea Chicken

10/8/15 1:26pm

Don't you mean 0 through 9?

UneducatedFan

10/8/15 1:29pm

Whoa. Heavy.

Sea Chicken

10/8/15 1:31pm

This is what I was taught, but also that once you use a number, you should

fredgarvin

10/8/15 2:00pm

Any number under 100 should be written out and not the numerical symbol.

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