atw: Re: Writing numbers in text

Bob T said:
> Cheques written as follows have been accepted.
> PAY  one hundred dollars
> THE SUM OF  electricity company
>
> Although it is silly, it is obvious what the writer meant.

Off-topic but amusing: the famously misleading case of the Negotiable
Cow:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negotiable_cow

Stuart

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