Height and Weight — How to write them when abbreviations are not used Ask Question Asked 11 years, 3 months ago Modified 4 years, 6 months ago

Please provide the context for your quotation. Also, have you considered the audience for your work? Many non-American readers may not understand that *five-one" means "five feet & one …

Jan 31, 2012 · 70 When working in a 2D coordinate system you could say that X is the horizontal axis and Y is the vertical axis. Extending this to 3D, is there a similar word for the Z axis? (I'm …

In the United States, most style guides that I have encountered recommend including the second hyphen in situations such as "8-foot-long bridge." Here is how some guides frame their advice. …

Oct 27, 2014 · I've read once about "x stories" .. Want to know if there is any difference between stories and floors. Or they are just alias for each other used in different variations of English …

The word "nominal" has a number of definitions. For example, the Free Dictionary gives seven: nom·i·nal (nm-nl) adj. a. Of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or …

Aug 26, 2011 · As height is not being mentioned here, but rather distance on a horizontal scale, "higher" would be inappropriate. "Bigger" refers to size, not magnitude, and therefore, in this …

Aug 17, 2010 · It is impossible to give exact rules, but adjectives of size, length and height often come first. The round glass table (NOT the glass round table) A big, modern brick house (NOT …

Apr 6, 2015 · The Associated Press Stylebook (2002), meanwhile, specifies spelling out both dimensions ("Use figures and spell out inches, feet, yards, etc., to indicate depth, height, …

Sep 23, 2011 · For example, you can make a plot of the height vs. weight of a population, but not the height vs. species, because species are discrete; you can't plot a point halfway between a …