86. Numbers 

Write the numbers of kings and queens in Roman characters.

 • Elizabeth II • King George VI Write ordinal numbers (first, second, third etc.) up to twelfth in words except in dates. 

• Incorrect: 

He came a 3rd time. 

• Correct: He came a third time. Write dates thus, 'May 12th' or '12th May' and not thus, 'the 12th of May' or 'the twelfth of May'.

 Write cardinal numbers up to twelve in words, except when telling the time.

 Write cardinal and ordinal numbers above twelve and twelfth in either words or figures as seems in each case the more convenient.