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(Nor: Nineteen forty-five and 1950 had no elections — comparable numbers near one another should all be written in words or all in figures.) In tables and infoboxes, quantities are expressed in figures (Years in office: 5); but numbers within a table's explanatory text and comments follow the general rule.
Written words in text: For: Wayward, Omegitron, Sunray. Against: Jguk, Bknorad. Either: Neonumbers. Numbers in scientific contexts: For: Gene Nygaard, Sunray. Against: Nil; Consensus on talk pages is usually a two thirds majority. So we have consensus on hyphenization, but with Bkonrad's nay we do not have consensus on writing out words in text.
A hyphen is not a dash. Hyphens are used within words or to join words, but not in punctuating the parts of a sentence. Use an en dash (–) with before and a space after; or use an em dash (—) without spaces. See Wikipedia:How to make dashes. Avoid using two hyphens (--) to make a dash; and avoid using a hyphen for a minus sign. read ...
If you want to write 1999-2000, use en dash, or if 02-21-1990, hyphen is the proper. Using hyphens and dashes and em dashes keeps the article clean (and professionally written). =) -- Efe ( talk ) 09:44, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
Some words have specific technical meanings in some contexts and are acceptable in those contexts, e.g. claim in law. What matters is that articles should be well-written and be consistent with the core content policies – Neutral point of view, No original research, and Verifiability.
On Wikipedia, most acronyms are written in all capital letters (such as NATO, BBC, and JPEG).Wikipedia does not follow the practice of distinguishing between acronyms and initialisms; unless that is their common name, do not write word acronyms, that are pronounced as if they were words, with an initial capital letter only, e.g., do not write UNESCO as Unesco, or NASA as Nasa.
Knowing how to write numbers in words on a check is even more important if you write larger checks. According to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., most banks will default to the amount written ...
In the tables, the hyphen has two different meanings. A hyphen after the letter indicates that it must be at the beginning of a syllable, e.g., j - in jumper and ajar. A hyphen before the letter indicates that it cannot be at the beginning of a word, e.g., - ck in sick and ticket.