cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21049862
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").
What kills me is when people will mix the two in a single context.
"Between eight and 13 percent"
NO. If you're writing one number in digits, you need to write them all the same way.
But unlike eight 13 is above ten
But 8% and 13% are both below 10
So is 999%
And I've just learned percent is under two layers of keyboard menus so that's just fantastic.