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Is "the two" Should "two" as a pronoun? Should it be spelled out in AMA style?

In AMA style, numerals are used for 1 through 9, but "one," when used as a pronoun, is spelled out. Easy enough. But now I'm looking at a sentence that says this:

Drug A enhances the performance of Drug B when the two are used in combination.

A colleague of mine changed "the two""two" to "the 2"2," but I'm not sure that's right. "The two" seems to be synonymous with "both"(the) both," which is a pronoun.

Given all this, would "the two" be spelled out according to the same rule by which "one" is spelled out?

Is "the two" a pronoun? Should it be spelled out in AMA style?

In AMA style, numerals are used for 1 through 9, but "one," when used as a pronoun, is spelled out. Easy enough. But now I'm looking at a sentence that says this:

Drug A enhances the performance of Drug B when the two are used in combination.

A colleague of mine changed "the two" to "the 2," but I'm not sure that's right. "The two" seems to be synonymous with "both," which is a pronoun.

Given all this, would "the two" be spelled out according to the same rule by which "one" is spelled out?

Should "two" as a pronoun be spelled out in AMA style?

In AMA style, numerals are used for 1 through 9, but "one," when used as a pronoun, is spelled out. Easy enough. But now I'm looking at a sentence that says this:

Drug A enhances the performance of Drug B when the two are used in combination.

A colleague of mine changed "two" to "2," but I'm not sure that's right. "The two" seems to be synonymous with "(the) both," which is a pronoun.

Given all this, would "the two" be spelled out according to the same rule by which "one" is spelled out?

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Is "the two" a pronoun? Should it be spelled out in AMA style?

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nomad
nomad
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Is "the two" a pronoun?

In AMA style, numerals are used for 1 through 9, but "one," when used as a pronoun, is spelled out. Easy enough. But now I'm looking at a sentence that says this:

Drug A enhances the performance of Drug B when the two are used in combination.

A colleague of mine changed "the two" to "the 2," but I'm not sure that's right. "The two" seems to be synonymous with "both," which is a pronoun.

Given all this, would "the two" be spelled out according to the same rule by which "one" is spelled out?