icers._

Write _fifteen hundred_ and the like when the phrase is in common use,
not _one thousand five hundred_.

6. Spell out all numbers, no matter how high, when they begin a
sentence.

_Four thousand nine hundred and sixty-four soldiers, 109 officers,
and 10,000 civilians were surrendered with the fort._

7. Spell out in ordinary reading matter all numbers of less than three
digits, unless they are of a statistical or technical character or
occur in groups of six or more in close connection.

_There are sixty cities in the United States with a population of
100,000 or over._
_a ninety-ton engine_.
_five pounds of butter_.
_He lived only two years, one month, and twenty days._
_He spent 137 days in prison._
_A ratio of 16 to 1_.
_The death rate varies from 1 in 15 to 1 in 65._
_Send home:_
_2 pounds of butter_
_1 pound of sugar_
_1/2 pound of coffee_
_1/4 pound of tea_
_2 pecks of potatoes_
_1 pound of salt pork_
_2 pounds of lard_
_1 quart of milk_

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Treat all numbers in collected groups alike if possible, that is use
either the long or the short form for all. If the largest contains
three or more digits use figures for all.

_They came in groups of 50, 80, 100, and even 200._

8. Express in figures as a rule decimals, degrees, dimensions,
distances, enumerations, money, (but see 4 above), percentage, weights,
and the like.

_.542, 98deg_, _9 cubic yards_, _37 miles_, _24 pages_, _$1000_,
_6 per cent_ (_or 6% but never six %_), _175 pounds_.

V. GEOGRAPHICAL ABBREVIATIONS.

Geographical names are ordinarily not abbreviated in text matter. The
abbreviations in the subjoined lists are commonly recognized and may be
used in lists, bibliographical matter, and elsewhere where condensation is
desired.

UNITED STATES AND TERRITORIES

Ala. Alabama N. D. North Dakota
Alaska Alaska Neb. Nebraska
Ariz. Arizona Nev. Nevada
Ark. Arkansas N. H. New Hampshire
Cal. California N. J. New Jersey
Colo. Colorado N. M. New Mexico
Conn. Connecticut N. Y. New York
D. C. District of Columbia Ohio Ohio
Del. Delaware