Abbreviations and writing numbers
Abbreviation of Circle
Cir.
An example of academic title that follows a name
M.D./ Ph.D. /M.A. /B.A.
abbreviation of Missouri
MO
When a number begins a sentence, what do you do?
Spell it out despite how long it is
Examples of writing put numerals
15 Summit Road/Apartment 6E/ 40 percent/ July 23, 1832
How do you write numbers with million, billion etc.?
25 million/ 16 billion / 1 trillion
Example of relating numerals in the same sentence
390 miles/ 20 miles
Example of numbers in numerals
392 miles
Anni Domini, in the year of the lord
A.D.
Before noon, ante meridiem
A.M.
Example of day and months abbreviated
Apr./Mon.
Before Christ
B.C.
Abbreviation of Boulevard
Blvd.
Abbreviation for celcius
C
When do you use numerals to express?
Express dates, houses and street numbers, apartment and room numbers, telephone numbers, page numbers, amounts of money of more than two words, and percentages(write out word percent)
Example of ordinal numbers
First, second
When do you abbreviate units of measure?
In scientific writing; periods with English units and no periods with metric units
Examples of abbreviations of places or organizations
NHS/U.S./Washington D.C./NASA/IRS/FBI
When do you use numerals
Numbers more than two words
When do you abbreviate street, avenue, road, circle, boulevard, court, drive and circle?
On envelopes and spell them out anywhere else
When do you abbreviate states?
On envelopes, use the U.S. Postal Service and spell them out anywhere else
When do you abbreviate days and months?
Only in charts and lists
Spell out what kind of numbers?
Ordinal
After noon, post meridiem
P.M.
Abbreviation for sergeant
Srgt.
Example of number beginning a sentence
Three thousand one hundred
Example of spelling out number
Twenty-five
What do you do if related numbers appear in the same sentence?
Use all numerals
When do you use all numerals to express the time?
Words to express time of day unless you are writing the exact time or using the abbreviation A.M. or P.M.
What kinds of numbers do you spell out
You can write in one or two words
Example of units of measure abbreviated
in.-inches/ liter(s)- l/pounds-lb.
