A-manual-for-writers-of-research-papers-theses-and-dissertations

The research was conducted over several weeks in spring 2006.Note that, within complete dates, days are generally not given as ordinals—that is, thenumerals are not followed by st, nd, rd, or th. Use these endings only with spelled-outnumbers when you specify the day without the month or year.but notThe date chosen for the raid was the twenty-ninth.The events occurred on June 11th, 1968.23.3.2 Decades, Centuries, and ErasIn general, refer to decades using numerals, including the century (see 23.2.1 for plurals). Ifthe century is clear, do not abbreviate numerals (for example, “the ‘90s”); instead, spell outthe name of the decade. The first two decades of any century do not lend themselves to eitherstyle and should be described fully for clarity.The 1920s brought unheralded financial prosperity.During the fifties, the Cold War dominated the headlines.Many of these discoveries were announced during the first decade of the twenty-first century.Refer to centuries using either numerals or lowercase spelled-out names (see 23.2.1 forplurals). If the century is spelled out and used as an adjective preceding a noun that itmodifies, as in the second example, use a hyphen; otherwise, do not (see 20.3.2).The Ottoman Empire reached its apex in the 1600s.She teaches nineteenth-century novels but would rather teach poetry from the twentieth century.The most common designations for eras use the abbreviations BC (“before Christ”) and AD(anno Domini, “in the year of the Lord”). Some disciplines use different designations, such asBCE and CE (see 24.4.3). AD precedes the year number; the other designations follow it. Forinclusive numbers with eras, see 23.2.4.Solomon's Temple was destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BC and again by the Romans in AD 70.23.4 Numbers Used outside the TextThe preceding sections provide guidelines for presenting numbers in the text of your paper.For numbers used elsewhere within the paper or in the structure of the paper itself, follow thespecific guidelines for the relevant sections or divisions of the paper.23.4.1 Numbers in Tables, Figures, and CitationsNumerical data in tables and figures are almost always presented in arabic numerals. For adiscussion of numbers in tables, including table titles, see 26.2; for numbers in figures,www.itpub.net