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'''Avoid the use of symbols''' '''(> < = ?) in running text''', but they may be used with brackets and in equations. Use ‘about’ or ‘approximately’ instead of ‘c’. | '''Avoid the use of symbols''' '''(> < = ?) in running text''', but they may be used with brackets and in equations. Use ‘about’ or ‘approximately’ instead of ‘c’. | ||
[[Category:BritGeoWiki writers' guide]] | [[Category:BritGeoWiki writers' guide]] | ||
Revision as of 15:28, 17 June 2014
The style used should make the meaning clear and be appropriate to the intended readership.
Write in full sentences; dropping ‘understood’ words and phrases may prove ambiguous to the reader.
Avoid the use of symbols (> < = ?) in running text, but they may be used with brackets and in equations. Use ‘about’ or ‘approximately’ instead of ‘c’.