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Use figures and spell out measurements to indicate depth, height, length and width. Hyphenate adjectival forms before nouns.
Ex. He is 5 feet 10 inches tall.
He is the 5-foot-10-inch man.
The team signed a 7-footer.
The building has a 6,000 square feet of floor space.
Use an apostrophe to indicate feet and quote marks to indicate inches only in very technical contexts. |
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| Always use Arabic figures without st, nd, rd or th. |
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| Capitalize them. Don't abbreviate except in a tabular format. |
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| Use the days of the week, not today or tonight. Use the days of the weeks within seven days before or after the current date. Use the month and a figure where appropriate. Avoid redundancies like last Tuesday or next Tuesday because the verb tense usually provides an adequate indication of which Tuesday is meant. Avoid awkward placements of the time element. |
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| Use figures except for noon and midnight. Use a colon to separate hours from minutes. Avoid redundancies as 10 a.m. this morning. 4 o'clock is acceptable but time listings with a.m. or p.m. are preferred. |
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