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Not in my corner of MT world. - MT2

Posted: Nov 14th, 2019 - 6:08 am In Reply to: We're also generally using Arabic - numerals now...sm

Of every account I work on (seven, to be exact), six of them spell out numbers under ten. Basically, the rule I always follow is that if the number could have been a decimal, then type the 1/2/3. If it really couldn't be a decimal, then it is one/two/three. So it would be six days and 6 mg because there is really no such thing as "6.25 days" but there is such a thing as "6.25 mg". So two parts, but 2 inches, four patients, but 4 mL, et cetera.

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possessive with status post - MCD (Views: 597, 2019-11-13, 8:01 pm)
- No, and wouldn't put a hyphen before "years" or "year" either. - nm (Views: 445, 2019-11-13, 9:38 pm)
  - Yep. It's another way of saying - "nine years ago." (Views: 391, 2019-11-15, 3:40 pm)
- We're also generally using Arabic - numerals now...sm (Views: 462, 2019-11-14, 3:53 am)
  - Not in my corner of MT world. - MT2
    - Of course Arabic numbers are used in - med dosing and other (Views: 571, 2019-11-14, 1:01 pm)
    - modern way is Arabic -- easier to read - NM (Views: 453, 2019-11-14, 4:01 pm)
    - Agree. - sm (Views: 481, 2019-11-15, 10:57 am)
      - Scientific and medical journals have - different criteria (Views: 582, 2019-11-15, 11:42 am)