can i use & and numbers in essays? (1 Viewer)

[astroman]

hey guys, i'm wondering if it's allowed to use '&' instead of and and numbers like 1,2,3... instead of one, two, three....?

 

[mreditor16]

hey guys, i'm wondering if it's allowed to use '&' instead of and and numbers like 1,2,3... instead of one, two, three....?

as far as I am aware, it's a big no-no.

 

[dim-sims]

hey guys, i'm wondering if it's allowed to use '&' instead of and and numbers like 1,2,3... instead of one, two, three....?

I think one of my past English teachers told me that if it's a number under 10 then write the actual word but if it's greater than or is 10 it's okay to write the number. But I'm not 100% sure. Email your English teacher.

Either way, life goes on whether you write '3' or 'three' in your essay.

 

[enigma_1]

unless you are required to write something lyk the number 4206669, write it in words

 

[astroman]

what about &

 

[RivalryofTroll]

what about for subjects other than English (like not maths or science), say humanities subjects? e.g. pdhpe

so using &, numbers or "e.g."

Numbers are allowed for evidence - e.g. stats in Economics.

Using '&' is just a no.

Use ''for example,'' instead of ''e.g.''

 

[enigma_1]

what about &

No don't write "&" always write "AND", always, hehe.

what about for subjects other than English (like not maths or science), say humanities subjects? e.g. pdhpe

so using &, numbers or "e.g."

I'm unsure, but for stuff like economics, for stats you can use 23% etc but for PDHPE I would think still use "and" and "for example" as it's more formal. Dunno about numbers though

 

[screwuhsc]

Are u srs can't use & I always did ahahahah

 

[mreditor16]

what about for subjects other than English (like not maths or science), say humanities subjects? e.g. pdhpe

so using &, numbers or "e.g."

no teacher will care in subjects other than English, go for it. just don't overdo it.

 

[faisalabdul16]

An essay is formal, you can't have abbreviations.

 

[Fade1233]

no teacher will care in subjects other than English, go for it. just don't overdo it.

Yeh English is a weird subject.

 

[BLIT2014]

I occasionally write '&' and haven't be told of about it?

 

[Chatoyance]

as far as I am aware, it's a big no-no.

So even if for e.g. Module A and the time is 1920s
do I have to write 'nineteen twenties' D: instead of '1920s'?

 

[Kurosaki]

So even if for e.g. Module A and the time is 1920s
do I have to write 'nineteen twenties' D: instead of '1920s'?

Do 1920s

 

[Feynman]

Nobody will care, yes

 

[screwuhsc]

Hopefully but how does that entitle you to lose marks

 

[screwuhsc]

It's not reallly a short cut ahahah