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Honestly, I have no problem with writing single letters or numbers in dialogue, particularly if they are acronyms. All the following look fine to me: "The variable x is greater than the variable ...
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2019-12-13T12:00:28Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T04:04:51Z (almost 5 years ago)
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Honestly, I have no problem with writing single letters or numbers in dialogue, particularly if they are acronyms. All the following look fine to me: - "The variable x is greater than the variable y." - "I liked the TM1 better." - "I drive a Mazda 2." - "But there is no MI-6!" - "Captain, the Klingons are at 132 mark 47." - "Captain's log, Stardate 8130.3." I have seen "Stardate eight one three zero point three," but _that_ looks silly to me.
#1: Imported from external source
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2015-02-28T12:07:30Z (over 9 years ago)
Original score: 3