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Define the styles for numbers expressed in words in the sentence structure guidelines.


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06117
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  • Define number formatting and number usage in the sentence structure guidelines., CC ID: 06116

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  • Use figures rather than words to express a cardinal number (1, 2, 3, 180, instead of one, two, three, and one hundred eighty, respectively). (§ 351(b)(1), House Legislative Counsel's Manual on Drafting Style, 104th Congress, 1st Session)
  • Numbers may be expressed in figures if length would prohibit expressing them in both words and figures, especially in tables. (Ch 2.C(27), Form and Style Manual for Legislative Measures, Sep 23, 1999)
  • Cardinal numbers appear in the text of the Maine Revised Statutes as Arabic numerals (2, 3...) unless the number is "one" or the first word in a sentence. (Part III Ch 2 § 5, Maine Legislative Drafting Manual, 1st Edition)