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9. A zero is used before « decimal point except in . cients of correlation. Point except in coell 0.15 part . 8 eneficient of 3 10. Roman numerals are seldom used; they are clumsy in appearance and less familiar to students, but they are com ventional in certain designations. Clas F¥ reilroads Segments FV aad V (biology) __ _H. Ordinal numbers are udually spelled, though a few ‘eptions are customary. : Bftecnth person Vilth cranial nerve nineteenth century Sach parallel af 14th percentile 12. For plurals of numbers and abbreviations add s, no apostrophe. . ge the Qa and Be the 1G the 10205 three A's Sums of money The form $6 is preferable in text matter te $2,00, even when compared with an amount like $6.53. In tables, $6.00 is used if other items in the same column or in a comparable column contain cents, e.g., $6.55, Other forms re: a $10 book 10 cents (104 oF 90.10 in tables) Ages Ages of persons are usually expressed in the spelled form, except in statistical passages and tables. . a child three yoars old « three-year-old aged seventees fo bis forties 18 Ratios Use a colon or “to” for numerical ratios. For ratios made up of words, use either a slant bar or a hyphen. Symbolic ratios are usually written with a slant bar. a 10:1 chence or a 10 to i chance male/female ratio oF iale-female ratio the 6/6 ratio Fractions Spell fractions only when they stand alone, Use byphen even in the noun form. Use figures always for mixed numbers. one-half as many ay, timed ag many two-thirds of the students: ¥% inch Approxtmatio ne (see also item 3 under “Numbers in general” }. Spell whole nombers if less than 100, and larger numbers if rounded to an even hundred, thousand, or million, as follows: shout four hundred about 500,000 about 440 about fity-five milllos about forty-five hundred about 5,400,000 or 5.4 million about 4,550 about 4.5 groes abdut twelve thousand sbout seventy-nine about 12,500 about 5514 VIE. Bibliographical Reference: See sample articles for style. 1. Biblical References Names of the books of the Bible and versions of the Bible are spelled out. Chapter and verse are given in arabic numbers with a colon between them. The spellings of the Confraternity Version are to be used for the books that have been translated. For other books use the Douay-Challoner Version. the encyclical Rerum novarum 19