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Writing style: no space between numbers and units (except when non-abbreviated)

I had a bit of a scare the other day: an agency I do a lot of work for sent an important brochure to a proofreader after I’d written all the text for it, and it came back with a few comments. A few things were a matter of style, and then there was one…
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