Grammar and Language Workbook

Unit 12, Punctuation 261

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Lesson 85

Writing Numbers II

If one number in a sentence must be written as a numeral, use all numerals, even

though you might spell out one of the numbers if it appeared alone.

Jessica has 305 points, and Cleon has 300 points.

Spell out ordinal numbers (first, second, and so forth).

Alaina was first in line to buy tickets to the concert.

Use words for amounts of money that can be written in one or two words, for the

approximate time of day, and for the time of day when A.M. or P.M. is not used.

tencents half past six a quarter past five twoo’clock

Use numerals for dates, for decimals, for house, apartment and room numbers, for

street or avenue numbers, for telephone numbers, for page numbers, for

percentages, for amounts of money involving both dollars and cents, to

emphasize the exact time of day, or when A.M.or P.M. is used.

May9, 1996 20 percent $45.75 1:12P.M.

Exercise 1 Write the correct form of the number in each sentence. Write Cif the

sentence is correct.

(^96) Central finished the game with ninety-six points, but South had 104
points.
C 1. There will be a partial eclipse of the moon on May 15.
C 2. The eclipse begins at 2:15 P.M.
first 3. She was the lst in her family to go to college.
48 percent 4. About forty-eight % of the students bring their lunches to school.
(^60) 5. This slice of bread has 120 calories; that one has sixty.
C 6. I think she lives at 20 St. James Place.
(^21) 7. My grandmother lives in Apartment twenty-one.
C 8. He dropped his books for the second time that day.
C 9. The telephone number of the planetarium is 787-2112.
third 10. Did you do the 3rd problem yet?