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* Write out "million" and "billion" on the first use. After that, unspaced "M" can be used for millions and "B" for billions: {{xt|70M}} and {{xt|25B}}. See {{section link|UniWiki:Manual of Style|Numbers as figures or words}} for similar words.

* Write {{xt|3%}}, {{xt|three percent}}, or {{xt|three per cent}}, but not {{!xt|3 %}} (with a space) or {{!xt|three %}}. "Percent" is American usage, and "per cent" is British usage (see {{section link||National varieties of English}}, above). In ranges of percentages written with an en dash, write only one percent sign: {{xt|3–14%}}.

* [[Fewer vs. less]]: In most cases, use ''fewer'' with [[count noun|countable]] nouns and ''less'' with [[mass noun|non-countable]] ones. However, ''less than'' (not ''fewer than'') is recommended before nouns that denote distance or time. For example, {{xt|I picked fewer than one hundred apples}}, but {{xt|we go on our trip in less than four weeks}}, and {{xt|he can run the 100 m in less than ten seconds}}, because the word ''time'' can be understood to be implied after ''less''. In short, if you'd count it, say ''fewer''. If you'd measure it, say ''less''.

* [[Wikipedia:Fewer vs. less|Fewer vs. less]]: In most cases, use ''fewer'' with [[Wikipedia:count noun|countable]] nouns and ''less'' with [[Wikipedia:mass noun|non-countable]] ones. However, ''less than'' (not ''fewer than'') is recommended before nouns that denote distance or time. For example, {{xt|I picked fewer than one hundred apples}}, but {{xt|we go on our trip in less than four weeks}}, and {{xt|he can run the 100 m in less than ten seconds}}, because the word ''time'' can be understood to be implied after ''less''. In short, if you'd count it, say ''fewer''. If you'd measure it, say ''less''.

= Currencies =

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 * Write out "million" and "billion" on the first use. After that, unspaced "M" can be used for millions and "B" for billions: {{xt|70M}} and {{xt|25B}}. See {{section link|UniWiki:Manual of Style|Numbers as figures or words}} for similar words.
 * Write {{xt|3%}}, {{xt|three percent}}, or {{xt|three per cent}}, but not {{!xt|3 %}} (with a space) or {{!xt|three %}}. "Percent" is American usage, and "per cent" is British usage (see {{section link||National varieties of English}}, above). In ranges of percentages written with an en dash, write only one percent sign: {{xt|3–14%}}.
-* [[Fewer vs. less]]: In most cases, use ''fewer'' with [[count noun|countable]] nouns and ''less'' with [[mass noun|non-countable]] ones. However, ''less than'' (not ''fewer than'') is recommended before nouns that denote distance or time. For example, {{xt|I picked fewer than one hundred apples}}, but {{xt|we go on our trip in less than four weeks}}, and {{xt|he can run the 100 m in less than ten seconds}}, because the word ''time'' can be understood to be implied after ''less''. In short, if you'd count it, say ''fewer''. If you'd measure it, say ''less''.
+* [[Wikipedia:Fewer vs. less|Fewer vs. less]]: In most cases, use ''fewer'' with [[Wikipedia:count noun|countable]] nouns and ''less'' with [[Wikipedia:mass noun|non-countable]] ones. However, ''less than'' (not ''fewer than'') is recommended before nouns that denote distance or time. For example, {{xt|I picked fewer than one hundred apples}}, but {{xt|we go on our trip in less than four weeks}}, and {{xt|he can run the 100 m in less than ten seconds}}, because the word ''time'' can be understood to be implied after ''less''. In short, if you'd count it, say ''fewer''. If you'd measure it, say ''less''.
 = Currencies =