English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
Dealing with Numbers
- Do not use ordinal numbers (1st, 2nd, 3rd) with full dates.
School resumes January 17th, 2022 (nonstandard).
School resumes January 17, 2022. - Percentages should be written in number but should be written in words at the beginning of a sentence:
I know fifty percent of the work has been done (nonstandard).
I know 50% of the work has been done (standard).
50% of the work has been done (nonstandard).
Fifty percent of the work has been done (standard).
GAB
