Spell out numbers one through nine.I have five brothers and three sisters.
I bought two pizzas.
Only nine people came to the meeting.
Use numerals for numbers 10 and above.
I have 10 cousins.
I bought a package of 30 paper cups.
More than 30,000 people went to the concert.
Spell out numbers that start a sentence.
Nineteen niney-nine was a good year.
Two students were caught shoplifting.
Ten thousand people were hurt in the earthquake.
- (I'll add more to this list as time goes on.)
References:
US The Chicago Manual of Style by University of Chicago Press Staff
Japan The Chicago Manual of Style by University of Chicago Press Staff
- United States Government Printing Office Style Manual 2000, Chapter 12. Numberals, Section 12.4.
