Category_MWW Blog>Numbers

Consistency for Numbers

Great seeing so many "old" familiar faces at DRA. Wow. It has been a few years. Glad to see you thriving in this wonderful field. There was a recent discussion on numbers and their form within a s...
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Counting with "One One Thousand"

I think there are two ways to do this: ...one, one thousand; two, one thousand; three, one thousand... or ...one/one thousand, two/one thousand, three/one thousand... Either way gives the right...
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Just Some Stuff This Morning

When someone says "quote/unquote," use a slash mark in between the words. Surround them with appropriate punctuation. Use the quote marks also. When the attorney says "okay" before he starts a que...
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Thoughts on the Word "O'clock"

We have differing opinions about the word o'clock and the :00. Some of us were taught that o'clock should be transcribed as ":00" by those wonderful, hard-working teachers of our youth . Others of ...
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"The Years in 2000" Problem

Good morning, In Fergus Falls, MN, this morning, headed for Bismarck, ND, and then Grand Forks -- two groups of fabulous North Dakota reporters. This question came up on my page on Facebook: "Mo...