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Subject:Re: What is right From:Kim Keegan <keegan -at- EXPLORERS -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 16 Jul 1997 15:48:13 -0400
Feeman Kevin SC2275 asked about:
> "three eight-hour days" vs. "3 8 hour days"
What your SME suggests (3 8 hour days) just plain looks bad!
Rubens (Science and Technical Writing - A Manual of Style) says to spell
out numbers if ten or less (7.9), to use numerals to report all time
values (7.7), and to put a hyphen between numbers and words that form a
unit modifier (7.13).
So, by these rules, shouldn't it be "three 8-hour days"?
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