Re: How should these be typed?

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The BOS book says that " If you cannot create reduced-size fractions that

can be

palced directly following whole numbers, then use the

" numeral-virgule-numeral " style, placing a hyphen between the whole number

and the fraction. "

I probably did not explain what I was trying to say as

well as I should have. I hope that I have not led anyone astray. The way

it would look (assuming again, that the your computer cannot or will not

make the reduced-size fraction) would be: 3-1/2 or 5-1/2

I know all of this is as clear as mud but you can't fault me for not

trying...bill

> Not stepping on my toes....I had actually thought I explained that or at

> least put in parenthesis in fraction form, but I guess I didn't. Sorry! To

> better explain how I type this, I type it in fraction form not matter what

> the fraction may be, so the hypen is not used. I sub- or superscript the

> number. The course that I took in college didn't teach the use of the hypen

> either.....hmmm.

>

> Carol A

>

> In a message dated 2/25/00 10:15:29 AM Eastern Standard Time,

> wbasile@... writes:

>

> > I was always taught that when you use whole numbers and fractions together

> > you need to use a hyphen between the whole number and fraction, so 3 1/2

> > probably should be written 3-1/2 so that there can be no mistake about the

> > amount. There is one exception (as is the case with almost everything MTs

> > do) if the computer transforms the fraction into the small, condensed

> > fraction as many computers will do for some common fractions, such as 1/2

> > or 3/4 then a hyphen is not needed. I am not trying to step on any toes

> > here but just saying what I have been taught...bill

>

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