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Needless to say

Three words that should be in the bin! If it's needless to say, then why say it?

Numbers

A couple of decades ago there used to be a rule that the numbers one to ten should always be spelled out in full, but all others could be written as numbers. However, today the rules have relaxed somewhat. Spell out the number one and the first word of a sentence, but all other numbers can be written be written as numbers.

For example:

One person must be nominated to represent each department at the meeting.
There will be 30 people at the workshop next week.