The number of cows increased to 12,000 from 11,950
What's wrong with this you might ask? I find that it sets a pair of numbers in an order that is directly contrary to the description of their relationship. Since in English we read and write left to right (I'm aware this would be different in other languages, Hebrew for example, that read right to left), I expect that the word (or conjugations of) increasing would be followed by a one number and then a larger number. This is not how articles are being written, and as I read them I keep getting tripped up by pairs of numbers that do not seem to match with the description of their relationship. So, if you write articles (or anything for that matter) please stop this!
\Rant
~Alex
