# Why are numbers shown two ways in some types of documentation?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 14, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-numbers-shown-two-ways-in-some-types-of-documentation/846404 "2020-01-14T15:10:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![EdelweissPirate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8491ac/32.png) [@EdelweissPirate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EdelweissPirate)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-numbers-shown-two-ways-in-some-types-of-documentation/846404/21 "2020-01-18T02:10:35Z")

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> [@Musicat](#):
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> Lawyers, of all people, are not strongly guided by logic. Seems illogical, doesn’t it?

Not to me—I’d argue that lawyers and judges are guided by precedent more than pure reason.

(Still, I take your point).

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**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-numbers-shown-two-ways-in-some-types-of-documentation/846404/22 "2020-01-18T16:21:53Z")

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:smack:The other day, I was watching an old episode of _Shark Tank_ and one the business owners said he was offered eight figures for his company and it was a multimillion dollar deal. Ummm…counts on fingers…yep, a million is seven figures, so 8 would be…OH it is multiple millions, like ummm…at least ten! :eek: :smack:

Note, I fought the urge to had the numerals in parentheses! 😃

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