Monday, September 26, 2011

Editorial pet peeve

The tendency in business "writing" to write out a number and then put the numeral in parentheses right next to it.

For the next two (2) weeks, we'll be reviewing the statistics.

Sigh.

If the recipient can't read/decipher the word TWO, they won't be able to read any of the other words either, so what the fuck does it matter??

Again, sigh.

Shame on me, of course, for trying to apply logic to business "writing."

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