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No. I was thinking of AP style [1], but I was mistaken. Anyway, it's not like these guidelines are at the level of consistency you're probably expecting. I will
by sublinear 3mo ago
No. I was thinking of AP style [1], but I was mistaken. Anyway, it's not like these guidelines are at the level of consistency you're probably expecting. I will merely take inspiration and strictly spell single-digit numbers "zero" through "nine" and otherwise apply leading zeroes to miscellaneous annoyances (dates, time, etc.). The "real" style guidelines have absurd exceptions that are completely irrelevant to me.
My parent comment wasn't an entirely unreasonable idea though [2]. There's generally a less than one percent chance of a high value two-digit number occurring. Three digits and above are even less likely.
[1]: https://apstylebook.com/ask_the_editors/style_guidance https://apstylebook.com/ask_the_editors/style_guidance
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benford%27s_law#Generalization_to_digits_beyond_the_first https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benford%27s_law#Generalization...