1. 25 employees took part in three leadership training sessions. 2. We have already received nine reservations for our webcast scheduled at 2:00 p.m. 3. In 2009, General Electric was forced to pay a $50,000,000 penalty to the SEC for reporting false financial results four times between 2002 and 2003. 4. We learned that three McDonald’s franchises will hire fifty-two employees this year. 5. The contractor expects to build 74,000-square-foot homes.
1. 25 employees took part in three leadership training sessions.
- Correction: Replaced "3" with "three" for consistency in number style.
2. We have already received nine reservations for our webcast scheduled at 2:00 p.m.
- Correction: Replaced "9" with "nine" to maintain consistent number style.
3. In 2009, General Electric was forced to pay a $50,000,000 penalty to the SEC for reporting false financial results four times between 2002 and 2003.
- Correction: Corrected the commas in the penalty amount for better readability and consistency. No change to the use of "four" and "2009."
4. We learned that three McDonald’s franchises will hire fifty-two employees this year.
- Correction: Maintained consistency by replacing "3" with "three" and kept "fifty-two" as a numeral since it is a specific quantity.
5. The contractor expects to build 74,000-square-foot homes.
- No correction needed as the numeral "74,000" is appropriate for denoting a specific quantity in this context.
The complete question is:
In the following sentences, underline any errors in number style. Write a corrected form in the space provided. Some sentences may have more than one correction.
1. 25 employees
took part in 3 leadership training sessions.
2. We have already
received 9 reservations for our webcast scheduled at 2:00 p.m.
3. In 2009 General
Electric was forced to pay a $50,000,000 penalty to the SEC for reporting false financial results 4 times between 2002 and 2003.
4. We learned that 3
McDonald’s franchises will hire fifty-two employees this year.
5. The contractor
expects to build 74,000-square-foot homes.