Timeline for When to use "1" vs. "one" for technical writing?
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| Feb 13, 2019 at 12:00 | history | bumped | CommunityBot | This question has answers that may be good or bad; the system has marked it active so that they can be reviewed. | |
| Jan 14, 2019 at 11:38 | answer | added | Emma | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 21, 2017 at 17:54 | comment | added | Mark D Worthen PsyD | @salierii - Cool. ... You might want to recommend a specific style guide so that you have: i) an authoratative source to buttress your argument; ii) a recommendation that will save the company money, since you won't need to 'reinvent the wheel' editing the company's style manual; and iii) a single manual that will promote consistency. The APA Style Guide covers many more scientific and technical issues than some folks would expect from a psychological association. | |
| Jul 21, 2017 at 17:41 | comment | added | salierii | @Mark Yes, but I want to make sure that I am thinking about this correctly before I present my case :) | |
| Jul 21, 2017 at 16:39 | comment | added | Mark D Worthen PsyD | @salierii - Are you encouraging management to revise the manual? | |
| Jul 21, 2017 at 15:12 | comment | added | Peter Shor | So "the fifth one left". That "one" is not a number but a pronoun. | |
| Jul 21, 2017 at 15:11 | comment | added | salierii | In the company style guide that I am referring to, the rule says "Use numerals rather than spelling out numbers, but use first, second, third ..." | |
| Jul 21, 2017 at 15:10 | comment | added | Mako212 | "The fifth 1 left" is never correct, unless you were referring to a list of five ones (11111) and one "1" "left". As @PeterShor points out, in this case "one" is the pronoun, and would never be numeric. Beyond that, as a general rule, spell out numbers 1-9, but for technical writing, it may be appropriate to always use the numeric version when you're referring to a numeral (as opposed to the pronoun example above). | |
| Jul 21, 2017 at 15:09 | answer | added | PephenKinD | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 21, 2017 at 15:02 | comment | added | Peter Shor | If you always use numerals (a very dubious decision), shouldn't it be "the 5th 1 left"? Anyway, that 1 is the pronoun, so it should be "the 5th one". Never use a numeral for the pronoun. | |
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