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Rounded Large Numbers.  

Edward H. Livingston

in AMA Manual of Style: A Guide for Authors and Editors (11th ed.)

Print Publication Year: 
Feb 2020
Published Online: 
Feb 2020
DOI: 
10.1093/jama/9780190246556.003.0018.022.0014
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Rounded large numbers, such as those starting with million, should be expressed with numerals and words. The disease affects 5 million to 6 million people. (Note that the word million is repeated to avoid ambiguity.) The word million signifies the quantity 106, whereas billion...

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