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Interuniversity Style Guide for Writing Institutional Texts in English / 2nd edition

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Interuniversity Style Guide for Writing Institutional Texts in English / 2nd edition

PrefaceIntroduction1. Spelling
1.1 Conventions1.2 Diacritics1.3 Italics1.4 Hyphens
2. Punctuation
2.1 General guidelines2.2 Full stops2.3 Colons2.4 Semicolons2.5 Commas2.6 Dashes2.7 Brackets2.8 Question marks2.9 Quotation marks2.10 Exclamation marks2.11 Apostrophes2.12 Ellipsis points
3. Capitalisation
3.1 Sentence capitals3.2 Titles3.3 Proper nouns
4. Abbreviations and symbols
4.1 Forming abbreviations4.2 Using abbreviations4.3 Abbreviations and grammar4.4 Abbreviations in a multilingual context4.5 Symbols4.6 Abbreviating units of measurement
5. Numbers6. Gender7. Singular and plural8. Translation9. Writing in English
9.1 Structure9.2 Sentences9.3 Subjects and characters9.4 Verbs and actions9.5 Verbs9.6 Cohesion9.7 Parallelism9.8 The unofficial style9.9 Concision9.10 Summary
10. Tools for text productionAppendix I: Lists of additional informationAppendix II: Resources and further reading

5. Numbers

  • Publicat per Serveis tècnics
  • Data de publicació 6 de setembre de 2017
  • Data d'actualització7 d'octubre de 2023

5.4 Numbers and ranges

5.4.1 En dashes in ranges

Use a closed-up en dash to indicate a range.

groups of 5–10 students

5.4.2 Symbols in ranges

In ranges, repeat those symbols and units that are joined to a numeral.

100°C–150°C

between 100°C and 150°C

20–30 cm

from 20 to 30 cm

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Etiqueta: números, xifres

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