Also, have you considered the audience for your work? So height is spelled as a compromise, maintaining the pronunciation of hight while being spelled with ei to reflect the old english ties. Please provide the context for your quotation.
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Height and weight how to write them when abbreviations are not used. Height and weight written out ask question asked 13 years ago modified 6 years, 7 months ago