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The $ sign goes before the number, not after
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I'm pretty sure it goes after.
Don't believe this guy, he doesn't know what he's talking about.
Agreed, it really makes people look like complete dumbasses IMO.
How can you live X years, see prices listed hundreds of thousands of times, and still **** that up? Bugs me to no end.
There is no right or wrong answer. Depends where you're from, really.
Another common scenario is that some people would write "5€" for their currency. So when they talk in terms of dollars, it might be natural just to write "5$". And it's not just particular to Europe.
Not something worth complaining about though. If I had to complain about something I see often, it would be your/you're/their/they're/there/it/it's.
Another common scenario is that some people would write "5€" for their currency. So when they talk in terms of dollars, it might be natural just to write "5$". And it's not just particular to Europe.
Not something worth complaining about though. If I had to complain about something I see often, it would be your/you're/their/they're/there/it/it's.
Depends where you live.
Some countries also use . as a thousands seperator, and , as the decimal place.
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Conversely, how can you live X years in a world with billions of people not in your own country and not understand that different cultures do things differently?
And no, with things like this there is no inherently "right" way to do it.
Despite my own country putting the currency symbol before the figure (unless we're talking about cents), I believe the euro way (after the figure) is probably better because that's the way you say it.
I like it after because it's like how you read it.
five dollars
5 $
Works better
I write my dates out in order though
12 December 2012 etc...
five dollars
5 $
Works better
I write my dates out in order though
12 December 2012 etc...
But this (and most other English websites/forums) are American based, so that's a moot point.
To be fair, if all of English was written the same way that it was spoken then it'd look completely different.
Something like: to be fare, if all ov inglish was ritten the same way that it was spouken then ittid look kompletelee different.
Obviously I'm going a little (OK, a lot) overboard there but you get my point
To be fair, if all of English was written the same way that it was spoken then it'd look completely different.
Something like: to be fare, if all ov inglish was ritten the same way that it was spouken then ittid look kompletelee different.
Obviously I'm going a little (OK, a lot) overboard there but you get my point
Off topic but you guys have cool money in New Zealand
Off topic but you guys have cool money in New Zealand
An American friend actually stole $5 from me; "I'm taking this as a souvenir"
Newsflash: it's on the internet, open to internet users (the majority of which are not in the USA), and is in support of devices made in China.
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It is Xenophobic attitudes like that, that give the USA a bad name.
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Depends if you align left or align right.
Is not an insurmountable problem.
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An American friend actually stole $5 from me; "I'm taking this as a souvenir"
Lmao!!!
I have about $300 NZ dollars I forgot to cash back out when I left NZ. I'm keeping it for when I go back
Where is the logic in putting the dollar sign before the number? Does one say "I owe him dollar five hundred"?
Now OP, please stop acting as if the United States of America were the only country in the world, or as if their standards were also de-facto standards for the rest of the world.
I was taught to write numbers in the following way: 1 000 000,00$, and will continue to do so even though it hurts some people's feelings. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's wrong.
Now OP, please stop acting as if the United States of America were the only country in the world, or as if their standards were also de-facto standards for the rest of the world.
I was taught to write numbers in the following way: 1 000 000,00$, and will continue to do so even though it hurts some people's feelings. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's wrong.
And that sounds very Middle Earth-ish but as one who comes from the middle of Middle Earth, is that with NZ bank notes, there's just not bloody enough of them.
KGB.
Sorry, I see there are some exceptions to the rule, but I'm mostly annoyed by this in local Craigslist ads and US posters to this forum. I see that they write the way they speak (fifty dollars, 50$).
