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e. Use spaces to separate groups of three digits in a decimal fraction. (See rule 12.27.)


 * 0.123 456 789; but 0.1234

f. Degrees, etc. (spaces omitted):


 * longitude 77°04'06" E.
 * 35°30'; 35°30' N.
 * a polariscopic test of 85°
 * an angle of 57°
 * strike N. 16° E.
 * dip 47° W. or 47° N. 31° W.
 * 25.5' (preferred) also 25'.5


 * but
 * two degrees of justice; 12 degrees of freedom
 * 32d degree Mason
 * 150 million degrees Fahrenheit
 * 30 Fahrenheit degrees

g. Game scores:


 * 1 up (golf)
 * 3 to 2 (baseball)
 * 7 to 6 (football), etc.
 * 2 all (tie)

h. Market quotations:


 * 4½ percent bonds
 * Treasury bonds sell at 95
 * Metropolitan Railroad, 109
 * Dow Jones average of 10500.76
 * gold is 109
 * wheat at 2.30
 * sugar, .03; not 0.03

i. Mathematical expressions:


 * multiplied by 3
 * divided by 6
 * a factor of 2
 * square root of 4

j. Measurements:


 * 7 meters
 * about 10 yards
 * 8 by 12 inches
 * 8- by 12-inch page
 * 2 feet by 1 foot 8 inches by 1 foot 3 inches
 * 2 by 4 (lumber) (not 2 x 4 or 2×4)
 * 1½ miles
 * 6 acres
 * 9 bushels
 * 1 gallon
 * 3 ems
 * 20/20 (vision)
 * 30/30 (rifle)
 * 12-gauge shotgun
 * 2,500 horsepower
 * 15 cubic yards
 * 6-pounder
 * 80 foot-pounds
 * 10s (for yarns and threads)
 * fl2.5 (lens aperture)