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if you find yourself needing to write a
number you might question whether you
should spell it out use the the word or
if you should use the numeral well this
is really a matter of style so it
depends on who you're writing for and
what style guide you're following but
one of the most common style guides is
The Associated Press style book and so
I'll give you the AP rule but just know
that whenever you're doing this you
might want to look up the style of
whichever publication you are writing
for the AP Stylebook suggests that
whenever you have a number one through
nine you spell it out and when you have
a number greater than nine you use the
numeral one way you can remember this is
that if you have a number that is at
least two digits like ten we want to use
the new rule but if we have a number
that's one digit like let's say seven we
want to write it out so the AP does make
two exceptions they say that whenever
you're writing an age or a measurement
you should use the numeral so that's
even if the age is two digits or more
say you're you want to say that someone
is 13 years old you would write he is 13
years old using the numeral if I want to
say he is six feet tall it would look
like this again we're using the numeral
and in this case we're hyphenating six
and feet because they're forming an
adjective phrase to describe how tall he
is I hope that that gives you some good
information about how to use numbers
when to spell them out and when to use
the numeral always remember to check the
style guide that you're using and if you
don't use a style guide the important
thing is that you be consistent
throughout whatever you're writing
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