Style manuals do not agree on the issue of when writers should spell out numbers and when they should use numerals. And even a single style manual will point out that the guidelines change according to the type of number and the context in which it is being used....
The distinction between like and as, which was once a darling of the grammar police, is growing more faint by the day. Just this morning, I read the following sentence by someone whom I consider among the best living writers, Maria Popova: Like Whitman did with...
