Numbers

Replace spelled-out numbers with their digit equivalents, since the digits are easier to read and faster to understand:

INCORRECT: They issue between seven and twelve permits per year.

CORRECT: They issue between 7 and 12 permits per year.

Exception: If the number begins a sentence or otherwise reads awkwardly:

INCORRECT: 28 of our students attended.

CORRECT: Twenty-eight of our students attended.

CORRECT: In attendance were 28 of our students.

INCORRECT: In attendance were twenty-eight of our students.

INCORRECT: She is truly 1 of a kind.

CORRECT: She is truly one of a kind.

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