Writing numbers in a research paper.

[Shawn]

should the number 19 be written as 19 or nineteen?

 

[Frew]

9teen

 

[BigJ]

Ask your teacher what they want. I followed the standard accepted rules for writing numbers and got docked points because he wanted it all in numerical format, not written out.

 

[brian_riendeau]

spell out numbers ten and under. anything 11 and over just get numbers.

that got me through college without a problem. presumably, the teacher will inform you if she/he wants numbers entered in a specific way.

also, if any number in the sentence has a value 11 or higher, do them all with numbers...

"i added 7 units of solution X to 50 units of solution Y"

 

[hjo3]

Dude, always write it out -- it increases your word count and makes the paper look longer.

 

[jtusa]

Originally posted by: hjo3
Dude, always write it out -- it increases your word count and makes the paper look longer.

Yup.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: hjo3
Dude, always write it out -- it increases your word count and makes the paper look longer.

lol, strange. I was thinking the same thing.