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  2. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers - Wikipedia

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    For dimensionless ratios (i.e. those without accompanying units), place a colon between integers, or place to between numbers-as-words: favored by a 3:1 ratio or a three-to-one ratio, not a 3/1 ratio or a 3–1 ratio. The same style is used to express odds in sport, gambling, and other statistical predictions.

  3. English terms with diacritical marks - Wikipedia

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    Certain words, like piñata, jalapeño and quinceañera, are usually kept intact. In many instances the ñ is replaced with the plain letter n. In words of German origin (e.g. doppelgänger), the letters with umlauts ä, ö, ü may be written ae, oe, ue. [14] This could be seen in many newspapers during World War II, which printed Fuehrer for ...

  4. Ordinal indicator - Wikipedia

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    As an exception to the above rules, numbers ending with 11, 12, and 13 use -th (e.g. 11th, pronounced eleventh, 112th, pronounced one hundred [and] twelfth)-th is used for all other numbers (e.g. 9th, pronounced ninth). One archaic variant uses a singular -d for numbers ending in 2 or 3 (e.g. 92d or 33d)

  5. List of typographical symbols and punctuation marks - Wikipedia

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    Unicode name of the symbol [a] Similar glyphs or concepts See also ́: Acute (accent) Apostrophe, Grave, Circumflex Aldus leaf: Dingbat, Dinkus, Hedera, Index: Fleuron: ≈: Almost equal to: Tilde, Double hyphen: Approximation, Glossary of mathematical symbols, Double tilde & Ampersand: plus sign: Ligature (writing) Angle brackets

  6. Wikipedia:Manual of Style - Wikipedia

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    However, proper names (such as place names) in other languages are not usually italicized, nor are terms in non-Latin scripts. The {} template and its variants support all ISO 639 language codes, correctly identifying the language and automatically italicizing for you. Please use these templates rather than just manually italicizing non-English ...

  7. How To Write Numbers in Words on a Check - AOL

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    Knowing how to write numbers in words on a check is even more important if you write larger checks. According to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., most banks will default to the amount written ...

  8. English compound - Wikipedia

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    The following compound modifiers are always hyphenated when they are not written as one word: An adjective preceding a noun to which -d or -ed has been added as a past-participle construction, used before a noun: "loud-mouthed hooligan" "middle-aged lady" "rose-tinted glasses" A noun, adjective, or adverb preceding a present participle:

  9. English orthography - Wikipedia

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    Thus, myth / ˈ m ɪ θ / is of Greek origin, while pith / ˈ p ɪ θ / is a Germanic word. However, a large number of Germanic words have y in word-final position. Some other examples are ph pronounced /f/ (which is most commonly f ), and ch pronounced /k/ (which is most commonly c or k ).