The floppy disk refused to die in Japan - laws that forced the continued use of floppies have finally hit the chopping block - eviltoast
Officials won't ask for CD media either.
  • psud@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    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”

    • Ann Archy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

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

      • psud@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        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

        • Ann Archy@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          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.