Bette Frick  The Text Doctor LLC

E.D. Hirsch Jr. recently wrote in The New York Times that the decline in American students' vocabulary scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress signals a decline in equality for students. Without wide general knowledge and vocabulary, he claims, students cannot go on to learn the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) subjects that they will need to compete in the modern workforce. Hirsch insists that vocabulary is not learned from vocabulary lists but is best learned after students have acquired enough background to absorb the vocabulary in context.

The Text Doctor's Diagnosis January 2013

I have frequent requests in my writing classes to explain how to express numbers in technical and business writing. Let me be honest with you: I can't possibly cover in this brief article all the variables involved in writing numbers in your documents. In fact, I could actually shorten this article dramatically if I just said: "Consult your chosen style guide."