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Abbreviations
Write in full name of countries; use abbreviations only as adjectives, for example,
the United States (noun)
the U.S. Government
the U.S. dollar but US$6
Use USA (noun) only when necessary, and in tables for lack of space.
Example of other common abbreviations:
Dr.G.H Short
et al. (roman, not italics)
MPs LDCs ASEAN PTA
c.i.f f.o.b per cent
G-5 G-14
Dates
18 May 1981
in the eighties in the 1980s
in the early eighties in the early 1980s
in the mid-eighties in the mid-1980s
in the late eighties in the late 1980s
in the nineteenth century
1969-79
AD150
150BC
Numbers
Spell out number from to one hundred, except in technical or statistical discussion
involving frequent use, foe examples, “67 infants, 14 teenagers, and 5 adults”.
pp.24-26 pp. 123-46
pp.298-314 pp. 101-6
In text, when referring to parts of a book, numerals are not spelled out, for example,
Chapter 6, page 98.
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