Replace “%” with words

Warning²Federal courts, Illinois courts21st and 22nd editions

A sentence does not open with a symbol, so a figure that leads one is written out (“Forty percent of the class …”) or the sentence is recast.¹

1. 1R. 6.2(d) Dollar ($) and percent (%) symbols.
2. 2A warning: the form is usually wrong under the rule in note 1, and context can justify it.