Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoThe floppy disk refused to die in Japan - laws that forced the continued use of floppies have finally hit the chopping blockwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1575arrow-down15cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1570arrow-down1external-linkThe floppy disk refused to die in Japan - laws that forced the continued use of floppies have finally hit the chopping blockwww.tomshardware.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square97fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareSagifurius@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 months agoIs there another way to express it except : ?
minus-squarepsud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months ago10 to 1. Many style guides require numbers lower than 10 to be spelt out. Many people think that what style guides say is “correct”
minus-squareSagifurius@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoOh. Yeah I’ve never read a style guide.
minus-squareAnn Archy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoI will never accept spelt nor smelt, unless we’re talking about grains and ore refining, respectively.
minus-squarepsud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoThat’s fine. Spelled vs spelt is different regionally in the UK. I was taught “spelled”, I say it as spelled, but more often than not I type it spelt because it’s easier on a glass keyboard
Is there another way to express it except : ?
10 to 1. Many style guides require numbers lower than 10 to be spelt out. Many people think that what style guides say is “correct”
Oh. Yeah I’ve never read a style guide.
I will never accept spelt nor smelt, unless we’re talking about grains and ore refining, respectively.
That’s fine. Spelled vs spelt is different regionally in the UK. I was taught “spelled”, I say it as spelled, but more often than not I type it spelt because it’s easier on a glass keyboard