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   Gerry Quinn to All   
   Re: Beginning sentence with a number   
   17 May 14 17:59:24   
   
   From: gerryqq@gmail.com   
      
   In article ,   
   mdhangton@gmail.com says...   
      
   > One of the committee members told me that no sentence can   
   > begin with a number, meaning no sentence can begin with   
   > numerical digits.   
      
   I seem to remember being taught this long ago.  But it seems to me that   
   while it might be a good rule for literature in general, starting a   
   sentence with a number would probably be okay in a chemistry thesis.   
      
   - Gerry Quinn   
      
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