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numbers at the beginning of a sentence - Dee


Posted: Aug 14, 2011

How do you type a sentence that begins with 911?

ex.  911 was called.

or

Nine-one-one was called.

Numbers - anon

[ In Reply To ..]
you can always begin a sentence with "then", like Then 911 was called. Or attach an "and" in there and combine two sentences. I probably wouldn't put nine-one-one as this just seems sort of odd JMO

Put something else at the beginning - OR

[ In Reply To ..]
Just break The Rule and put "911 was called" - which is what I would do.

Nine-one-one makes it not look or sound like 911 anymore.


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