Replace the figure with the word
Warning2Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions
“Twenty-first century litigation”, not “21st century litigation” — a sentence does not open with a numeral, an ordinal included.1
- Wrong
- 21st century litigation
- Right
- Twenty-first century litigation
- 1R. 6.2(c) Section (§) and paragraph (¶) symbols. Tables: R. 6.2(b)(i) Ordinals; R. 6.2(a)(i) Numerals.
- 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.