The floppy disk refused to die in Japan - laws that forced the continued use of floppies have finally hit the chopping block

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The floppy disk refused to die in Japan - laws that forced the continued use of floppies have finally hit the chopping block
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Upvoted because proper'ish use of 10 and one. :)

Is there another way to express it except : ?

10 to 1. Many style guides require numbers lower than 10 to be spelt out. Many people think that what style guides say is "correct"

Oh. Yeah I've never read a style guide.

I will never accept spelt nor smelt, unless we're talking about grains and ore refining, respectively.

That's fine. Spelled vs spelt is different regionally in the UK. I was taught "spelled", I say it as spelled, but more often than not I type it spelt because it's easier on a glass keyboard

Hahaha I can respect that. I do have a pretty big chip on my shoulder when it comes to language, semantics, syntax, whatever, but I will always let it slide if the counter argument is based around instrumental favorability.