Writing Style Guidelines
Numbers
- Spell out numbers from one
to nine; use figures for 10 and above. This includes ordinal numbers:
first, not 1st; 20th, not twentieth, unless in an official title.
- Use figures for school grades,
e.g., Grade 3 (note cap G on Grade).
Students start thinking about university in Grade 9.
- Use figures in ages standing
alone after a name.
Dr. Smith has a daughter, Jessica, 5.
- Note that Level designations
take Roman numbers:
The student is in Level III.
She just finished Level I.
Here is the Level I handbook.
