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The style used should make the '''meaning clear''' and be appropriate to the intended readership. | The style used should make the '''meaning clear''' and be appropriate to the intended readership. | ||
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'''Avoid the use of symbols''' '''(> < = ?) in running text''', but they may be used with brackets and in equations. Use ‘about’ or ‘approximately’ instead of ‘c’. | '''Avoid the use of symbols''' '''(> < = ?) in running text''', but they may be used with brackets and in equations. Use ‘about’ or ‘approximately’ instead of ‘c’. | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:27, 30 July 2014
The style used should make the meaning clear and be appropriate to the intended readership.
Write in full sentences; dropping ‘understood’ words and phrases may prove ambiguous to the reader.
Avoid the use of symbols (> < = ?) in running text, but they may be used with brackets and in equations. Use ‘about’ or ‘approximately’ instead of ‘c’.