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Numerals in Correspondence

What is it?

Numerals in correspondence are the numbers that represented in the corresponding ways.

It is conventional

The way to write numbers up to hundred

twenty-six days from nowA membership of one hundred

Six thousand lettersOne hundred and twenty years ago

Time of dayUse words before o’clock and figures before a.m and p.m.Six o’clock but 6.o a.m for 24-hour system always use for figures with no spaces and no punctuation:

0025 i.e. 0.25a.m.1140 i.e 11.40a.m.

Money in correspondence£10 (or £10.00); £64.06; 76dp (or £0.76dp)No use of £sign nor the p sign takes

a full stop, except at the end of a sentence.

The p sign is not used in amounts expressed in £s:£84.18 (not £84.18p)

Note: the decimal form the £ sign is followed by a nought (to prevent confusion with £29 and £82d)

Quotations and Estimates

As a precaution against mis-typings, amounts in figures are often repeated in words with brackets:

£16.00 (sixteen pounds)£67.06d (sixty-seven pounds 06d)

Money in columnsMethod 1 £ 110.51½ 0.67 12.24½ £123.43

Method 2 £ 110.515 0.67 12.245 £123.43

Money in ChequesFigures

£20-00 £19-55 £0-74 £1.05(if typed) £1-05(if

handwritten)

Words

Twenty pounds onlyNineteen pounds 55Seventy-four pence

One pound 05

Measurements and Quantities5ft 3 in or 5’ 3”8lb 3oz3.5m16m13.5kg (or kilo)3/5.73 or 0.73

Legal Documents THIS ASSIGNMENT is made the ninth day of January two thousand twelve in consideration of the sum of three thousand and six hundred and seventy-five pounds between James Brown of 110 normanshire Drive, Chingford and….

Ordinal Numbers

The twentieth century; the thirty-first annual general meeting

Use of Commas in figures 3,476,312; £4,583 the 1914-18 war; 01-242-2177; Page 1152

Singulars used as PluralsWeight and measure: two ton of

coal; five pound of sugar; six foot square

Five tons of coal; but five-ton lorryTwo gallons of petrol, but a two-

gallon can;Three years old, but a three-year

plan.

Ceremonious Forms of AddressSecretaru of Rank or Title

Form of Address

Salutation, and style of address

Complimentary close

The Queen The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty

Madam or May it please your Majesty (Your Majesty)

I have the honour to remain Your Majesty’s faithful subject

Judge (High Court)

The Hon Sir Thomas Clay or Knight

Sir I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant

Mayor (For certain City) The Right Worshipful the Mayor of…..

Sir (or Madam) I am, MadamYour obedient servant

Secretary of State

HM Principal Secretary of State for the ..Department

Sir I am, SirYour obedient servant