Chapter 61: Abbreviations and Numbers

CHAPTER 61
Abbreviations and Numbers

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Quick Help: Editing abbreviations and numbers

ANY TIME YOU LOOK UP AN ADDRESS, you see an abundance of abbreviations and numbers, as in the following movie theater listing from a Google map of Berkeley, California:

Oaks Theater, 1875 Solano Ave, Berkeley, CA

Abbreviations and numbers allow writers to present detailed information in a small amount of space. In academic writing, abbreviations and numbers follow conventions that vary from field to field.

Talking the Talk: Abbreviations and numbers in disciplines