@[email protected] to FediLore + [email protected] • edit-212 hours agoHexbear.net now at 710$ (Update: it’s now 2345$)lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square124fedilinkarrow-up1207arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1197arrow-down1imageHexbear.net now at 710$ (Update: it’s now 2345$)lemmy.dbzer0.com@[email protected] to FediLore + [email protected] • edit-212 hours agomessage-square124fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-7•14 hours ago Hexbear.net now at 710$ (Update: it’s now 1921$) figure before $ image shows conventional placement of $ before figure Can someone explain selective blindness of where to place the dollar sign ($) when correct examples stare people right in the face?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink10•edit-214 hours agoConvention is different everywhere, $ value and value $ are both seen in Canada for example, former being more common in English, latter in French Like . vs , for decimal notation, people are going to use what they’re familiar with.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-211 hours ago $ value and value $ are both seen in Canada for example, former being more common in English, latter in French Canadian conventions vary by language. In English, I’ve only ever seen $ then figure. Canadian government price indexes BBC report on Canadian supermarket prices photo of multilingual price tag price comparison table shows currency symbol £ C$ $ precede figures The ISO currency code can go after (eg, 1 USD, 1 CAD). It’s a national convention: Wikipedia claims that in all English-speaking countries (and most of Latin America), the symbol precedes the amount. If they’re a non-native English writer, I guess that would explain it. An awful lot of people in the US seem to do this, too. 🤷
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink5•edit-212 hours agoAt least it reflects the way the number is said. Or would you say “it would cost them dollars 1921”?
minus-square@topherclaylink1•13 hours agoThe way the number is said? You mean “dollars nineteen twenty one” or “dollars one thousand nine hundred twenty one” or “dollars one nine two one?”
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink3•12 hours ago“this thing costs two dollars” vs “this thing costs dollars two”
minus-square@topherclaylink1•8 hours agoAm I supposed to say those quotation marks out loud or am I just supposed to know how they work when written down?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•12 hours agoEnglish writing isn’t English speech & doesn’t model it accurately: for that, there’s IPA. If breaking established conventions for written English is a ploy to draw attention, then mission accomplished I guess?
Can someone explain selective blindness of where to place the dollar sign ($) when correct examples stare people right in the face?
Convention is different everywhere, $ value and value $ are both seen in Canada for example, former being more common in English, latter in French
Like . vs , for decimal notation, people are going to use what they’re familiar with.
Canadian conventions vary by language. In English, I’ve only ever seen $ then figure.
The ISO currency code can go after (eg, 1 USD, 1 CAD).
It’s a national convention: Wikipedia claims that in all English-speaking countries (and most of Latin America), the symbol precedes the amount.
If they’re a non-native English writer, I guess that would explain it. An awful lot of people in the US seem to do this, too. 🤷
At least it reflects the way the number is said. Or would you say “it would cost them dollars 1921”?
The way the number is said? You mean
“dollars nineteen twenty one” or
“dollars one thousand nine hundred twenty one” or
“dollars one nine two one?”
“this thing costs two dollars”
vs
“this thing costs dollars two”
Am I supposed to say those quotation marks out loud or am I just supposed to know how they work when written down?
English writing isn’t English speech & doesn’t model it accurately: for that, there’s IPA.
If breaking established conventions for written English is a ploy to draw attention, then mission accomplished I guess?
Correction: it’s now 2.010,00 US$.