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-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
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