Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com to FediLore + Fedidrama@lemmy.ca · edit-214 hours agoHexbear.net now at 710$ (Update: it’s now 2345$)lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square162fedilinkarrow-up1226arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1214arrow-down1imageHexbear.net now at 710$ (Update: it’s now 2345$)lemmy.dbzer0.comBlaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com to FediLore + Fedidrama@lemmy.ca · edit-214 hours agomessage-square162fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarelmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-213 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. 🤷
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. 🤷