What’s the argument for having it before the number?
I actually kind of like it written that way because it follows the standard for other units. It should be quantity and then unit. 50 m. 0°C. 50%. 2:00 PM.
You yourself recognize that that’s the way we say it, and even write it out long form. 50 dollars.
Sure, historically, $50 has been the correct way to write it, but language changes. Why not make a change that makes English more consistent?
I will cocede PM is not a unit, but % is at least an honoray unit of measurement based on how it’s used [1].
Time is weird. A duration has a unit associated with it, seconds, minutes, hours, but an absolute time doesn’t. That is unless we’re using an epoch. I could say today started at 1788652800 seconds if we’re using unix epoch.
I guess that’s because time is a coordinate system. 2 PM is designating a specific point in that coordinate system. There’s no origin (unless epoch specified), so we can’t have an absolute measurement, so we don’t have units associated with it. PM just feels similar to a unit because it is part of a coordinate system.
The above paragraph isn’t in standard readable English, but it presents an iron clad case for why you should follow language conventions in most cases. If you can’t read it, that’s a skill issue.
Please stop putting the dollar sign after the number, y’all! Yes, I know that’s how you say it.
Before, after, meh. I’d just be happy if people would quit writing $20 dollars all the goddamn time.
I always read such sentences to myself as “…twenty dollar-dollars” 🙄
Please stop putting the apostrophe between ya and ll
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Ya will not tolerate that. Ya wants to be able to shorten will to 'll like the humans are allowed to.
How else am I supposed to abbreviate “Ya ill”?
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What’s the argument for having it before the number?
I actually kind of like it written that way because it follows the standard for other units. It should be quantity and then unit. 50 m. 0°C. 50%. 2:00 PM.
You yourself recognize that that’s the way we say it, and even write it out long form. 50 dollars.
Sure, historically, $50 has been the correct way to write it, but language changes. Why not make a change that makes English more consistent?
Some places like it both ways. In Japan if you write ¥100 it goes before, but if you use the other local symbol it goes after, as in 100円.
The other poster is likely from the US. Nothing is consistent in the US.
I take issue with the claim that % and PM are units.
I will cocede PM is not a unit, but % is at least an honoray unit of measurement based on how it’s used [1].
Time is weird. A duration has a unit associated with it, seconds, minutes, hours, but an absolute time doesn’t. That is unless we’re using an epoch. I could say today started at 1788652800 seconds if we’re using unix epoch.
I guess that’s because time is a coordinate system. 2 PM is designating a specific point in that coordinate system. There’s no origin (unless epoch specified), so we can’t have an absolute measurement, so we don’t have units associated with it. PM just feels similar to a unit because it is part of a coordinate system.
Because as soon as you see $50, you know it’s money. With 50$ you have to read the fifty and then figure out what it is 50 of.
You can disagree with that, as your comment already does, I’m just answering the why.
Looks at the dollar sign
What if it’s CAD or AUD
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The above paragraph isn’t in standard readable English, but it presents an iron clad case for why you should follow language conventions in most cases. If you can’t read it, that’s a skill issue.
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12,701.35$ seems awkward. I’d rather know it’s money up front, instead of at the end.