Decimals and commas – Dragoman Style
Use decimals and commas for English figures as follows: General Figures: 22,500 people, 1.5 million cars, 42.8 square meters Money figures: $4,564.54, $4.5 million, 5.67 billion Turkish lira Percents: 43.8 [...]
Use decimals and commas for English figures as follows: General Figures: 22,500 people, 1.5 million cars, 42.8 square meters Money figures: $4,564.54, $4.5 million, 5.67 billion Turkish lira Percents: 43.8 [...]
1. Use figures for decades: the 1990s, the ’90s, the mid-1990s. 2. Use an apostrophe before the decade if abbreviated as in the ’80s, the turbulent ’60s. 3. Spell out [...]
Do you use this: % symbol, or this: percent (spelled out)? Read this article to understand Dragoman Style, which is mainly based on the AP Style Guide and enriched by [...]
This is an important update on our syle guide for Turkish lira. Effective November 1, 2018, we will be using TRY for the acronym of Turkish lira instead of TL [...]
1. Use commas and decimals for English money figures as in $1,256.65, €65 billion 2. Use symbols for the dollar, euro, and pound as in $5 million, €5 million, or [...]
Do not abbreviate the days of the week, i.e., Mon., Tue. Always spell out the days of the week as in Monday, Tuesday. Exception: In charts and tables, abbreviate days [...]
Spell out months when used alone or with a year as in January or March 2009. Months are only abbreviated if used with a specific date as in Jan. 2, [...]
Use this form: month, day, year as in May 16, 2009 unless British English is required. Do not use numerical day, month, year with either periods or slashes, i.e., 01.02.2010 [...]
- For cardinal and ordinal numbers less than 10, spell out the number as in nine people, eight applicants, nine miles, third place. - For cardinal and ordinal numbers 10 [...]
Never start a sentence with a figure. Write the number in words as follows: Fifty percent of the population approved the referendum. Sixty million dollars was donated to the institution. [...]