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re: When writing, do you put a dash (-) through your 7's, 0's, and/or Z's?

Posted on 10/29/26 at 3:33 pm to
Posted by litenin
Houston
Member since Mar 2016
2859 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 3:33 pm to
7’s only for me also. Mostly due to my Cost Accounting Professor at LSU in late 90s making a good case for it,
Posted by ifyoubuildit
Member since Jan 2018
415 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 6:28 pm to
Unnecessary. Why would you do extra work to communicate your writing?
Posted by gaetti15
AK
Member since Apr 2013
16047 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 6:29 pm to
Im a math person by trade. Dashes/slasheswere beaten into me for all of these plus
This post was edited on 10/29/26 at 6:31 pm
Posted by Spitting Venom
Member since Sep 2013
1122 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 6:57 pm to
Same
Posted by ChiTownBammer
South Florida
Member since Aug 2014
1592 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 6:59 pm to
No. What is this, Denmark?
Posted by aTmTexas Dillo
East Texas Lake
Member since Sep 2018
25378 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 7:02 pm to
I print and no.
Posted by Kevin Garvey
Member since Jun 2017
338 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 7:26 pm to
quote:

 by northgate5

10/29/26 at 11:50 am to The Mick

Z’s only. Started doing it in high school algebra to keep z’s and 2’s separate.




Same. Also used the dot to indicate multiplication instead of an x for the same reason.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
135352 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 7:31 pm to
Yes. Every time
Posted by morganwadefan
TN
Member since May 2023
1804 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 8:25 pm to
In the Navy we always put a diagonal slash through the zero.
Posted by DesScorp
Alabama
Member since Sep 2017
10868 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 9:01 pm to
I started dashing my zeros because my handwriting is truly horrible. Im grateful for the keyboard. Had I known how powerful a tool it is, Id have learned to type in high school.
Posted by vl100butch
Ridgeland, MS
Member since Sep 2005
37503 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 9:06 pm to
7’s and z’s always, occasionally Zeros depending on the usage.
Posted by FCP
Delta State Univ. - Fightin' Okra
Member since Sep 2010
5251 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 9:11 pm to
quote:

I do but the dash be silent
The old "comma to da top" came to mind the other day. Saw a sign for the seafood place apparently owned by John. Only problem, was that the sign said "John,s Seafood." Someone apparently forgot to tell the folks in graphics that it was a "comma to da top."
Posted by jake wade
North LA
Member since Oct 2007
2510 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 9:19 pm to
No
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
122833 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 9:21 pm to
No. I was taught the right way to write 7s.
Posted by Rabby
Member since Mar 2021
1987 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 9:39 pm to
A slash through a zero prevents confusion with an oh.

But being American, I see little use in adding extra slashes on other characters as though I were German.
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
Land of the Free
Member since Nov 2012
68318 posts
Posted on 10/29/26 at 10:27 pm to
No
Posted by Blueghost1978
Metairie, LA
Member since Jan 2024
1084 posts
Posted on 10/30/26 at 3:51 am to
Only 7’s get a dash from me.
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