tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post5642308237212287768..comments2024-03-29T05:45:39.184-06:00Comments on Blood-Red Pencil: We've Got StyleDanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14471919576687777886noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-52285310609027049062010-04-29T06:53:15.808-06:002010-04-29T06:53:15.808-06:00Useful stuff. Thanks for sharing, L.J. :)Useful stuff. Thanks for sharing, L.J. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-14385876353278281042010-04-28T23:10:18.095-06:002010-04-28T23:10:18.095-06:00This is a most helpful post. I am never quite sure...This is a most helpful post. I am never quite sure how to treat numbers, and these rules are easy to remember.<br /><br />What about age? Is it five-year-old, or five year-old or five-year old?<br /><br />I've never got a straight answer to that.Natashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481081735923606868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-33874714065621852512010-04-28T23:09:09.419-06:002010-04-28T23:09:09.419-06:00This is a most helpful post. I am never quite sure...This is a most helpful post. I am never quite sure how to treat numbers, and these rules are easy to remember.<br /><br />What about age? Is it five-year-old, or five year-old or five-year old?<br /><br />I've never got a straight answer to that.Natashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481081735923606868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-23455216146806276752010-04-28T21:09:44.381-06:002010-04-28T21:09:44.381-06:00So glad to have the reminder of how to handle numb...So glad to have the reminder of how to handle numbers. That has always been something that hangs me up and I have to dig out the reference book. Wish I could just remember it all.Maryannwriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09479027709233807149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-52633808118990418242010-04-28T17:06:17.990-06:002010-04-28T17:06:17.990-06:00I wanted to point out that these guidelines for nu...I wanted to point out that these guidelines for numbers apply to fiction. Measurements and various other numeral uses in magazine articles and nonfiction typically call for APA style, which is very specific and different from fiction.L.J. Sellershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10213491074676394406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-78942447519907387082010-04-28T16:40:32.366-06:002010-04-28T16:40:32.366-06:00Numbers are tough. I know the basics, but beyond t...Numbers are tough. I know the basics, but beyond that I get confused and must rely on a manual.<br /><br />Morgan Mandel<br />http://morganmandel.blogspot.com<br />http://facebook.com/morgan.mandelMorgan Mandelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10118929301591850918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-17504508984296503722010-04-28T14:04:56.531-06:002010-04-28T14:04:56.531-06:00Excellent advice, L.J. Thanks!
Helen
Straight Fro...Excellent advice, L.J. Thanks!<br /><br />Helen<br /><a href="http://straightfromhel.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Straight From Hel</a>Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-1096940737759601122010-04-28T13:56:43.927-06:002010-04-28T13:56:43.927-06:00One of the rules I always applied was that you use...One of the rules I always applied was that you use numbers for units of measure. I worked as a technical editor and some of the things I read would have been confusing to the extreme if you wrote out the numbers.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07149940452550321323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-66469922406641459852010-04-28T13:51:22.859-06:002010-04-28T13:51:22.859-06:00Even when the rules are standard and accepted by m...Even when the rules are standard and accepted by most, some publishers will request something different. Your advice to have that discussion with your editor is right on. L. J. And writers should have it early in the game, well before the final edit.Patricia Stolteyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17192369425956406122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-53058725216933215112010-04-28T13:21:41.117-06:002010-04-28T13:21:41.117-06:00Ah, thanks. I'll try to remember the 90s - not...Ah, thanks. I'll try to remember the 90s - not sure why I wanted to use a comma, but your explanation makes it easy to know why I shouldn't. Thanks.Sheila Deethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13465615546936319164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-84515704573145395962010-04-28T10:07:38.274-06:002010-04-28T10:07:38.274-06:00This is a great g-to list of things easily forgott...This is a great g-to list of things easily forgotten!Candylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08956196611348299424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5704943052235281766.post-57045803347051917432010-04-28T09:59:59.298-06:002010-04-28T09:59:59.298-06:00Thanks, especially, for pointing out years, e.g, 1...Thanks, especially, for pointing out years, e.g, 1930s not 1930's.<br /><br />I have a person asking another "What's your 20?" If calibres are written out in dialog, should police radio codes also be written out?Cellophane Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08166797508899835493noreply@blogger.com