Formality and Style

Here are some more tips and recommendations on formality and style to enable consistent and correct use of our Corporate language

Formality

Numbers:

Write numbers ‘one‘ to ‘nine‘ as words. ‘10‘ and above should appear as figures. This also applies to ordinal numbers such as ‘first‘, ‘ninth‘ and ‘10th‘. As a non-native, remember the different usage of comma and period in numbers (e.g. 1 million = 1,000,000.00 I one and a half = 1.5).

Acronyms and abbreviations:

Always spell out acronyms and abbreviations in full the first time you use them, with the acronym following in brackets.

Quotation marks:

Use “Quotation Marks” when quoting someone. Single inverted commas (') should only be used when describing or identifying something, e.g. "ordinal numbers such as ‘first‘, ‘ninth‘ and ‘10th‘."

Percentage:
Please use the percentage sign ‘%' and not ‘percent‘ written out. Don't use a space between the number and the percentage sign: 80 %

Sentence case:
Use a capital letter at the beginning of bullet points and headings.

Currencies:

Currencies are always given in a three-letter code: EUR, USD, etc.
The positioning is as follows: EUR 1,000,000.00/EUR 100 million/in EUR million.

Phone/fax numbers:

Please use the country code with a ‘+‘ (not with ‘00‘), the area code without ‘0‘ and the extension with a ‘-‘ (e.g. +49 214 30-1).

Trademark^TM/Registered^®:

https://idnet.bayer.com/en/trademark-management

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