When writing about numbers that appear in a Drucare UI, duplicate them exactly as the UI displays. Otherwise, follow these guidelines.
Generic fractions
If you’re referring to a generic fraction and not one that refers back to a specific number, hyphenate the spelled-out fraction.
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- Correct
- The system parsed two-thirds of the events.
- Incorrect
- The system parsed 2/3rds of the events.
- The system parsed 2/3 of the events.
Numerical fractions
Use numerals and forward slashes with no additional formatting to represent numerical fractions.
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- Correct
- 1/2
- 3/4
- Incorrect
- ½
- ¾
Add a space and remove the hyphen between a whole number and fraction.
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- Correct
- 70 1/2
- Incorrect
- 70½
- 70-½
- 70-1/2