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294 The AMA Handbook of Business Writing If the sentence cannot be rewritten, use a comma or dash to separate the numbers. Example: During the year 1992, 20 million people visited the park. Example: We received 1,213—113 of which we couldn’t use. Large Numbers If large numbers can be written in one or two words, do so. Example: four hundred, five million, two billion Use the short form for writing numbers over a thousand not pertaining to money. Example: fourteen hundred [not one thousand four hundred] Large, even amounts may combine figures and words. Example: production of 37 million paper clips, a budget of $146 billion If a number or the word several precedes hundred, thousand, million, billion, and so on, the singular form is used. After many, the plural form and of are used. Example: six hundred pages, several million years, many hundreds of pages Separating Digits All numbers above 999 are written with commas to separate every group of three digits, counting from the units place. Example: 1,001, 123,000, 1,436,936 Section 2 The Business Writer’s Alphabetical Reference 295 Exceptions: Commas are omitted in long decimal fractions, page numbers, addresses, telephone numbers, room numbers, and form numbers. Example: 0.10356, page 3487, 1467 Wilshire Boulevard, 201-555-9088, Room 2630, Form 2317-A Commas are also omitted in four-digit year numbers, but they are added for years with five or more digits. Example: The company began in 1992. Example: The pottery shards were dated at about 14,000 B.C. Example: This science fiction novel takes place in the year 27,345 A.D. Patent numbers are written with commas. Example: Patent No. 3,436,987 Serial and policy numbers are written without commas. Example: Motor Number 245889954, Policy Number 894566 O Object The object is the part of a sentence that receives action. Example: He threw the ball [direct object]. An object complement renames or describes a direct object. Example: He named his monkey [direct object], Meep [object complement]. An indirect object identifies to what or to whom the action of a verb is directed. Example: He sold me [indirect object] his car [direct object]. The word me—along with other pronouns such as him, us, and them—is not always an indirect object; it can also serve as a direct object. Example: Save me! Object Complement See Complements. Objective Case See Subjective Case. 296 Section 2 The Business Writer’s Alphabetical Reference 297 Off Off is always used alone and not with of. Incorrect: The ribbon was taken off of the package. Correct: The ribbon was taken off the package. Offline See Online, Offline. On Account of Avoid this phrase and use because instead. One One can be a determiner, adjective, or pronoun. Determiner—used before a proper noun to designate a particular person Example: On September 1, did you make a phone call at 3:00 P.M. to one Horace Wauson? Adjective—used to modify the number of a noun Example: I’ll have just one more piece of chicken. Pronoun—used as numerical expression or to stand in for the speaker or a generic average person Example: One of the students will volunteer. Example: If one tries hard enough, one can be anything. 298 The AMA Handbook of Business Writing The possessive form of one is one’s. Example: One must learn from one’s mistakes. In the United States, one’s is often replaced by his, her, or your. Example: One must learn from his mistakes. The reflexive form of one is oneself. Example: If one skips lunch, one will find oneself very hungry by dinner. The plural of one is ones. Example: Which ones do you want? One Another, Each Other See Each Other, One Another. Online, Offline Online and offline are commonly written as one word, unless being used as an adverbial phrase. Example: Is the printer online or offline? Example: Mr. Smith used the computer at the library to go on line. ... - tailieumienphi.vn