can i use & and numbers in essays? (2 Viewers)

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hey guys, i'm wondering if it's allowed to use '&' instead of and and numbers like 1,2,3... instead of one, two, three....?
 

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hey guys, i'm wondering if it's allowed to use '&' instead of and and numbers like 1,2,3... instead of one, two, three....?
I think one of my past English teachers told me that if it's a number under 10 then write the actual word but if it's greater than or is 10 it's okay to write the number. But I'm not 100% sure. Email your English teacher.

Either way, life goes on whether you write '3' or 'three' in your essay.
 
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unless you are required to write something lyk the number 4206669, write it in words
 

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what about for subjects other than English (like not maths or science), say humanities subjects? e.g. pdhpe

so using &, numbers or "e.g."
Numbers are allowed for evidence - e.g. stats in Economics.

Using '&' is just a no.

Use ''for example,'' instead of ''e.g.''
 

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what about &
No don't write "&" always write "AND", always, hehe.

what about for subjects other than English (like not maths or science), say humanities subjects? e.g. pdhpe

so using &, numbers or "e.g."
I'm unsure, but for stuff like economics, for stats you can use 23% etc but for PDHPE I would think still use "and" and "for example" as it's more formal. Dunno about numbers though
 

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I occasionally write '&' and haven't be told of about it?
 

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