6.5.1A numeric indicator also sets grade 1 mode. Grade 1 mode, when set
by a numeric indicator, is terminated by a space, hyphen, dash or
grade 1 terminator. |
6.5.2While grade 1 mode is in effect, a grade 1 indicator is not required
unless a lowercase letter a-j follows a digit, full stop/period or
comma. |
6.5.3While grade 1 mode is in effect, contractions may not follow a
number. |
6.5.4Grade 1 mode is terminated by a hyphen or dash, thus allowing
contractions to be used again. Therefore, a letter or letters that could
read as a contraction will need the grade 1 indicator. |
6.7.1When transcribing dates, time, coinage, ordinal numbers, postal codes or telephone numbers: follow print punctuation and order of symbols. Refer to: Guidelines for Technical Material, Part 2, for more examples. |
6.8.1The spaced numeric indicator allows one or more spaces to intervene
between the numeric prefix and the root that would normally follow
immediately to form a digit or a decimal point or comma. |
6.9.1The numeric passage indicator sets numeric mode and grade 1 mode
for all text until the terminator is reached. |
6.9.2The numeric terminator follows immediately after the last affected
symbols-sequence, except as in 6.9.4 below. |
6.9.3Numeric indicators are not used in a numeric passage and any
lowercase letter a-j is preceded by a grade 1 indicator. |
6.9.4To preserve the general format of the enclosed text the numeric passage indicator may be placed by itself on a line above and the terminator on a line below the text. Note: A numeric passage may be useful in cases such as a long worked example in mathematics, a series of arithmetic exercises, or a table with mostly numeric content. Refer to: Guidelines for Technical Material, Part 4, for spatial
arithmetic examples illustrating the use of both the spaced numeric
indicator and the numeric passage indicator. |