Numbers, Dates, and Abbreviations
The choice between numerals and words; the styling of dates, times, and ranges; and the form and punctuation of abbreviations.
- a.m. / p.m. style
- abbreviation / acronym / initialism
- abbreviations: periods and spacing
- ages: hyphenation and numerals
- average / mean / median / mode
- beginning sentence with numeral
- between 1 to 5
- cf.
- date formats
- decimal and comma
- e.g. / i.e.: meaning and punctuation
- et al. / etc.
- first / firstly; first, second, third
- fractions: agreement, hyphenation, and style
- number ranges: words vs. dashes
- numbers: cardinal / ordinal
- numbers: commas, decimals, and thousands
- numbers: when to spell them out
- periods with initials and abbreviations
- q.v.
- sc. / scilicet
- state names and postal abbreviations
- time of day: numerals, noon, and midnight
- viz.
Also covers numbers, dates, and abbreviations
- agreement with fractions and percentages
- ampersand
- apostrophe in decades
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- biannual / biennial / semiannual
- biweekly / bimonthly
- capitalization of academic degrees
- comma with dates, addresses, and place-names
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- hyphen in compound numbers and fractions
- hyphen with ages and measurements
- indefinite article with initialisms
- last / past week
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- percent agreement
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- plural of years and abbreviations
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- terminal punctuation with abbreviations
- time ranges en dash
- verb agreement with measurements and amounts
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