The task is to read a passage and convert numbers in their text forms into digit forms. The text numbers can be used to represent Quantity, Dates and Time, Addresses or Positions.

Q: were first made use of about eighteen twenty seven. That the need for prison reform was imperative may be gathered from the few out of many instances I have adduced,

A: were first made use of about 1827. That the need for prison reform was imperative may be gathered from the few out of many instances I have adduced,
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Q: two pounds was a common price for a window.

A: 2 was a common price for a window.
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Q: In view of the limited amount of public activity on Oswald's part before August nine, nineteen sixty three,

A:
In view of the limited amount of public activity on Oswald's part before August 9, 1963,
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