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The floppy disk refused to die in Japan - laws that forced the continued use of floppies have finally hit the chopping block (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Is there another way to express it except : ?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Oh. Yeah I've never read a style guide.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I will never accept spelt nor smelt, unless we're talking about grains and ore refining, respectively.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Hahaha I can respect that. I do have a pretty big chip on my shoulder when it comes to language, semantics, syntax, whatever, but I will always let it slide if the counter argument is based around instrumental favorability.