3 because it’s informational, so you need evidence.
Hello! There are three commonly used rules when writing out numbers in literature.
The first one is numbers under "10" are written out as words (i.e 1-> one, 2-> two, 3-> three, ect)
The second one is if the number is representing a date, you write it in numerical form (i.e years stay in their number-forms)
The final rule is the one that applies for you is that if the number is the first word of the sentence, then you write it as a word instead of it's numerical form.
So the correct way you'd write your sentence is, "Twenty-six people posted messages to my blog in just thirty minutes."
Threatens to eliminate more sophisticated language.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Metaphors are the figures of speech in which a word or a phrase is applied to an object or to an action which to which it is not literally applicable. A comparison is done with the use of metaphor in which there is direct comparison of one thing with the other.
In this case also, the metaphor used endangered hatchlings is used to make a comparison with the sophisticated language which is nowhere related to the word itself.