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Topic : What is the correct way to write a fractional number in a formal letter? If I'm talking about a length of time in a cover letter, let's say 5.5 years, what would be the correct way to write - selfpublishingguru.com

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: What is the correct way to write a fractional number in a formal letter? If I'm talking about a length of time in a cover letter, let's say 5.5 years, what would be the correct way to write

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If I'm talking about a length of time in a cover letter, let's say 5.5 years, what would be the correct way to write this?

five-and-a-half years
5-1/2 years
5.5 years

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five and a half years

No hyphens. Hyphens are for adjective phrases:

It was a five-and-a-half-year journey.

You also don't use the hyphen with the fraction.

51â„2 years

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