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|    William Vetter to J.Pascal    |
|    Re: Beginning sentence with a number    |
|    15 May 14 23:57:03    |
      From: mdhangton@gmail.com              On Thursday, May 15, 2014 9:56:58 PM UTC-4, J.Pascal wrote:              >       > http://expertedge.aje.com/2013/01/08/editing-tip-of-the-week-t       ps-for-using-numbers/              >       > I googled: how are numbers written in scientific publications       >       > Even the link I have there says that there are situations where it makes no       sense not to use a numeric.       >       I wonder if you can begin a sentence with       .32 calibre slugs were recovered.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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