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::I prefer the interpretation that 0 - 9 are spelt out because they are single, atomic words, not because they are a single digit in length. By that interpretation, 0 - 12, and possibly 100th, 1000th, 1,000,000th, 1,000,000,000th etc., should be spelt out as well. (Of course, this would be different for different languages.) But my personal preference is to never spell out numbers except for small ordinals and emphatic use. | ::I prefer the interpretation that 0 - 9 are spelt out because they are single, atomic words, not because they are a single digit in length. By that interpretation, 0 - 12, and possibly 100th, 1000th, 1,000,000th, 1,000,000,000th etc., should be spelt out as well. (Of course, this would be different for different languages.) But my personal preference is to never spell out numbers except for small ordinals and emphatic use. | ||
::While my personal preference is to be concise and say things in as few ''words'' as possible, I do not have a particular preference for expressing things in as few ''characters'' as possible: I would rather use a longer, more precise word than a shorter word. | ::While my personal preference is to be concise and say things in as few ''words'' as possible, I do not have a particular preference for expressing things in as few ''characters'' as possible: I would rather use a longer, more precise word than a shorter word. | ||
:::Well, do what you want in terms of quotation usage. I can see the merits of the British version. All usages (italics included) will work for me, I suppose. | |||