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In the sentence: "Step 2 heart healthy diet." Should the 2 be Arabic number 2 or a Roman - bspeedy2


Posted: Jun 03, 2011

In the sentence: "Step 2 heart healthy diet."  Should the 2 be Arabic number 2 or a Roman numeral II?

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