Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Using Numbers Correctly - Part III

Addresses

Rule 1. Express street and building numbers in figures, except for the number one.

1976 Berkeley Street

One Sunrise Avenue


If the address involves two numbers, use a hyphen in-between.

486-488 Seventh Avenue


Rule 2. When the name of the street is a number, spell out the name of the street for numbers under eleven.

72 Fourth Avenue


When the name of the street includes the word North, East, South, or West, spell out all street numbers that can be expressed in one word; use figures to express compound numbers.

52 East Third Street

49 West Tenth Drive

386 East 4th Boulevard

127 North 21st Avenue


Rule 3. Always express postal-zone numbers in figures. Do not place a comma or hyphen between the name of the city and the postal-zone figure. A comma follows the zone figure, however.

70 Fifth Avenue
New York 11, New York ( Not: New York, 11, New York )

102 Washington Street
Boston 7, Massachusetts ( Not: Boston-7-Massachusetts )



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