Monthly Archives: May 2005

The Ampersand

Simon asks about the use of the ampersand (&)

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Writing Numbers

A couple people have asked me recently about when to use figures for numbers (e.g. “25″) and when to spell them out (e.g. “six”)…

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adviser or advisor

Someone asked today in a comment whether “documentor” or “documenter” is correct. The corect word is “documenter.” The question got me wondering, though, about another spelling dilemma: “adviser” or “advisor”…

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