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quarter-inch or 1/4-inch plain packing gauze..sm - MTmom


Posted: Mar 05, 2014

How would you write this if he is talking what type of packing he used? TIA!!

1/4 inch - me

[ In Reply To ..]
I would type 1/4 inch, I suppose 1/4-inch, after seeing your suggestion, not quarter though. I don't know why, I'm too tired to justify it...just think that is it and have strong feeling quarter isn't.

I would think it depends on your account - specifics

[ In Reply To ..]
The accounts I work on don't like fractions, so we put 0.25 inch. If it is at the beginning of a sentence I would spell it out.


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