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As a data point, Italy turned off all its 4 (four) nuclear power plants following to a referendum in the late 80s, after Chernobyl.
by pmontra 5y ago
As a data point, Italy turned off all its 4 (four) nuclear power plants following to a referendum in the late 80s, after Chernobyl.
- lucb1e 5y ago> 4 (four) I mostly see this type of writing in formal settings like contracts, or in cheques I think it's also done (but I've never seen a cheque so not sure). Now I have a chance to ask! Why do you write the same number twice? I always assumed it was to make reading easier with large numbers (not having to count groups of zeroes) or prevent writing errors (in formal contracts), but this is not a large number and HN has an edit system.
- jimbobimbo 5y agoNot OP, but I'd write it like that for rhetorical effect. It becomes even more dramatic if written as "4 (four!)".
- pmontra 5y agoTo make sure nobody thinks it's a typo.