Bruce Dubbs wrote these words on 08/22/12 21:05 CST: > I think the difference between GB and gigabytes is more style than > grammar. I'd like other opinions.
You can use either. It certainly is not grammar. It is totally interchangeable. > In one place you change "five gigabyte" to "5 gigabyte". Generally I > think a single digit should be spelled out, but you are right that we > are not completely consistent. My take is that numbers less than 10 should be spelled out. At least that is the current form of correct writing according to most respected authorities. -- Randy rmlscsi: [bogomips 1003.24] [GNU ld version 2.16.1] [gcc (GCC) 4.0.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.6] [Linux 2.6.14.3 i686] 21:27:00 up 2 days, 8:31, 1 user, load average: 0.12, 0.05, 0.01 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
