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Saint “saint” is always abbreviated as a title, and in geographic names unless the author has retained hyphened French place names. In sumames the person's individual preference is followed. Se. Xavier Arthur Saint Chine St. Petersburg, Flovide Clives St. John Sainte-Croix, Switeerland — Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve Miscellancous DoT 10 (intelligence qeotiest) EGG {electroencephalogram ) LU. (international units) 4-H clubs ‘ M.A. (master of arte) Gh . MA. imental age} - NE 10° W (points of compass) UN (United Nations} T score v-J Day TV versus. (text) USSR. (note periods as ia U3). WRCA (isdio station) Parts of publications Spell parts of publications in text. Otherwise, abbreviate as shown below, except at the beginning of a sentence. Crose references within present work Bildiogrephic citations Appendizes A to C appendixes AC article 5B ert, & (hut Art. 5 referring to U.S ‘Constitution } Chepter 2, Chapters 2 to 5 chap. 2; chaps. 2 and 3 (or (Chap. 2 in footnotes) chape. 2, 9); chape. 25 column & eal. 3 Figure & (Pig. 3 fi footnotes) ig. pages 2 to 10 (pp. 2-10 in footnotes) pp. 2-16, p. xi. (front matter} Part 2 part 2 problem. 4 peob, 4 gection 3 mec, & gerbes 4 ser, 4 Tebie 3 table 3 Volume fi (Vol. Ti footnotes) vol, UW of vol. £ (vol. 2 for pertodicals} 16 Vl. Numbers and Units of Measure: Numbers in general 1, Spell numbers ander 100 sinty-five students 125 colleges 9. Commas are used in figures with four or more digits, except in dates and page numbers and with heat units. 5,000 page 1250 $5,000 1900 calories 4,500,000 1000°F 3. For very large numbers, the words “million” and “billion” (but not “thousand”) are used in preference to zeTOs (see “Approximations,” page 19 for the spelled form). In com- arisons, however, zeros may he used if any of the numbers over 1 million have significant digits for hundreds of 5 million persons 27,000,000 as compared with 27 500,000 458.400. children out of o total of 2 million 99 billion dollars 2,8 million dollars 54 million acres 4, Numbers to be contrasted are always treated alike. See samples in number 5. 5. A sentence should not begin with an arabic number. Rewrite, if necessary, te avoid using the apelled-out form of a number. “Sixteen to one hundred ‘and twenty-five” may be rewritten as “From 16 to 125." 8. Of two adjacent numbers, one should be spelled. ninety 4-foot desks 125 ten-cent stamps 7. In expressions with the word “times” spell numbers below 100 and round numbers shove 100 (see “Approsima- tions”). two hundred times e# many 8. Figures are used with units of measure, sums of money, per cent, scores, the word “parts” and when the numbers are to be manipulated {see also “Time measurements” under Ab- breviations). 6 inches a soos of 16 § osnts & parts aloohol to 9 parts water % per cent divide by 4 iW , ¥