Using numbers in your writing isn’t as hard as you may thing…and there is actually a huge amount of flexibility when it comes to writing with numbers. Let’s go over some basic rules, though:

Spell out numbers less than 10.
Use digits for numbers over nine.
Be consistent if there are two or more numbers in a sentence and one is over ten.
Spell out fractions like one-half, using a hyphens.
Use digits for decimals like 0.19. Add a zero to the front unless the decimal starts with a zero.
Spell out large round numbers like one million or seven thousand.
Spell out the number if it …read more

In a perfect world, we would get perfect answers.  In a perfect world, probability would reign supreme.  We don’t live in a perfect world, though (relatively speaking), so why do you plan like we do?  Entrepreneurs can make huge mistakes by making dumb assumptions.  Let’s say you set a release date for some software you are making – you set the official shipping date t0 January 5, 2008… but you still have some developing to do.  Well according to your plans, you should be done with a week to spare!  Uh oh – you forgot one major, missed assumption.  You’re …read more