The only numbers I will ever spell are one and zero, and only when using them as a pronoun, or for emphasis, respectively.

Is there ever a reason to not to use symbols when dealing with numbers? Why would “fourteen whatevers” ever be preferable to “14 whatevers”. It’s just so much easier to read numbers as symbols, not spelled out.

(Caveat, not including multipliers, like “273 billion”).

  • Fleur_@lemm.eeEnglish
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    16 days ago

    Me writing zero point zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero eight five six two one three four nine two to improve the readability of the document by writing numbers less then ten as words.