A gripe of mine in the same vein is that my old employer had this idea that in any public facing communication “numbers up to ten must be written in words, 11 or higher in digits”. I think its a common rule in (for example) newspapers. But it leads to ludicrous sentences like “There are either nine, ten or 11 devolved administrations depending on how they are counted.” It drives me completely crazy, either the whole list should be words or numerals, not a mix.
Good ideas.
A gripe of mine in the same vein is that my old employer had this idea that in any public facing communication “numbers up to ten must be written in words, 11 or higher in digits”. I think its a common rule in (for example) newspapers. But it leads to ludicrous sentences like “There are either nine, ten or 11 devolved administrations depending on how they are counted.” It drives me completely crazy, either the whole list should be words or numerals, not a mix.