The only numbers I will ever spell are one and zero, and only when using them as a pronoun, or for emphasis, respectively.

Is there ever a reason to not to use symbols when dealing with numbers? Why would “fourteen whatevers” ever be preferable to “14 whatevers”. It’s just so much easier to read numbers as symbols, not spelled out.

(Caveat, not including multipliers, like “273 billion”).

  • MisterFrog@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Hi, I have no idea how I managed this, but I just saw your comments were “removed by moderator” (which is me)

    Sorry about this!

    I’m gonna double check this hasn’t been done across the board, perhaps there was some glitch

    Edit: I think this may have been an admin deleting all you comments, and my client (voyager) doesn’t differentiate.