MC 2010 : Tips
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In general, the rule is to spell out numbers up to nine (one, two, threenine). Spell out cents in lowercase for anything less than a dollar. Use the $ sign and decimals for larger sums. For amounts of million or more spell out the words million, billion, trillion and only use two decimal spaces: titles/abbreviations. Outside a direct quote use mr. , mrs. , dr. , gov. , lt. Gov. , rep. , sen. and rev. before a person"s full name. Lowercase titles if they are informal, appear without a person"s name, follow a person"s name, or are set off before a name by commas: time of day. 10 a. m. or 10 this morning is correct, not 10:00 a. m. or 10 a. m. this morning. : dates. Never abbreviate the days of the week (monday, tuesday, etc. ). Don"t abbreviate a month unless used with a specific date: january 2013; jan. 1, 2013. Don"t abbreviate months with five letters or fewer (march, april, may, june, july): state names.
