Margie Said:

When writing a piece in standard English; should I use the number or write the number? What are the the rules?

We Answered:

There is a rule for this :

all numerals of ten or less are to be written

all numerals over ten are to be numbers

ie ten lords a leaping

11 ladies dancing

I ma a journalist and this from the UK newspapers houserules book called style guide. So I don't know about usa

Jenny Said:

Does American Sign Language (ASL) have different grammar rules than the spoken and written English word?

We Answered:

Yes. ASL is very bueatiful. FYI, there are other types of US sign languages that are very different from ASL; signed exact English (SEE) is mainly used to teach reading.----Anyway, ASL has a grammer more similar to Spanish than English. I say this because you put nouns before adjectives and articles like "a", "the", and "an" don't exist. For example the sentence, "I read a really thick book all day yesterday." would translate to, "Yesterday, all day, read book thick."
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Beyond that, adverbs exist but aren't really spoken. You wouldn't say you read a "really" thick book. You'd just really emphasize the word "thick" with by moving your hands slightly or forcefully as well as adding facial expression, fast or slow speed, big or small movement and maybe even sound with your lips.
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So much of the meaning in this language is about HOW you emphasize words. And although you can translate anything, many hearing expressions don't translate well to SL and vise versa. This includes stuff like bible verses and idioms like "cut off the lights "; meaning "turn the lights off" not "cut the lights off the ceiling". It's a hearing vs deaf culture thing.