When writing, it can sometimes be difficult to know how to properly spell and present numbers within the context of a piece. Numbers are most often represented in digit form, so many people never learn how to spell numbers or accurately represent them grammatically because they were simply never shown the proper way. Luckily, there are many resources available on the internet that can help
. anybody learn about spelling numbers and representing numbers in a written work.English comes from the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language family, so the spelling of numbers in English shares some characteristics with the spelling of numbers in other Germanic languages, such as German, Swedish and Afrikaans. For example, "three" in English is "tre" in both Swedish and Norwegian. For someone who speaks a Germanic language, this background can assist in determining how English numbers are spelled. However, though this method may be somewhat helpful, the only truly effective method of learning how to spell numbers is to study the spellings visually, as attempting to spell them by phonetics alone can be tricky - for example, if one were to spell the digit 4 based on sound alone, they might as easily come up with the spelling "fore" as with the correct spelling, "four." The website www.englishclub.com/kids/numbers-chart.htm can serve as a useful study aid, as it has a chart of the English numbers from 1 to 100 in both numeral and written forms.Once mastery of the spelling of numbers is achieved, one must learn how to properly represent numbers grammatically. One important rule is to spell out single-digit numbers when writing. For example, one would write "I have two apples," "not "I have 2 apples." Using numerals is reserved for numbers that are double-digit are higher. For more rules about the correct grammatical forms of spelled numbers, check out http://www.grammarbook.com/numbers/numbers.asp. More reference links: www.englishclub.com/kids/numbers-chart.htm http://www.grammarbook.com/numbers/numbers.asp
