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minus-squareZwiebel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down5·25 days agoCool graphic! But the €-sign belongs after the amount not infront, that’s a grammar mistake. Also it doesn’t explicitly state which dollar is meant
minus-squareWaterSword@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·25 days agoIn English, the euro sign is in front of the amount. English/Dutch: €1 German/French/Spanish/Italian: 1 € Since this post is in English, the sign is in the correct place. Source: European Comission English style guide page 52
minus-squareZwiebel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·25 days agoI stand corrected. According to this they used the wrong abbreviation for billion then though: ‘B’ instead of ‘bn’ But also ew: “− €240” It makes no sense to me since all other units come after the amount, or do you write “– °F56”
minus-squareTeNppa@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·24 days agoI think it is so because the amount is written on checks and putting the sign before the amount prevents adding more numbers.
minus-squarejenesaisquoi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·24 days agoIt’s 2025, not even the perpetually outdated USA uses checks anymore
minus-squareTeNppa@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·24 days agoOk? It doesn’t change how the sign before amount came to be.
minus-squarejenesaisquoi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·24 days agoIt does make obsolete the formatting rule though
minus-squareWaterSword@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·24 days agoI mean it’s just what you’re used to. I’m from the Netherlands, so for me seeing 240 € looks weird. That’s just how language works. (Which is great in my opinion, there never should be one exact way to do language)
Cool graphic!
But the €-sign belongs after the amount not infront, that’s a grammar mistake. Also it doesn’t explicitly state which dollar is meant
In English, the euro sign is in front of the amount.
English/Dutch: €1 German/French/Spanish/Italian: 1 €
Since this post is in English, the sign is in the correct place.
Source: European Comission English style guide page 52
I stand corrected. According to this they used the wrong abbreviation for billion then though: ‘B’ instead of ‘bn’
But also ew: “− €240”
It makes no sense to me since all other units come after the amount, or do you write “– °F56”
I think it is so because the amount is written on checks and putting the sign before the amount prevents adding more numbers.
It’s 2025, not even the perpetually outdated USA uses checks anymore
Ok? It doesn’t change how the sign before amount came to be.
It does make obsolete the formatting rule though
I mean it’s just what you’re used to. I’m from the Netherlands, so for me seeing 240 € looks weird. That’s just how language works. (Which is great in my opinion, there never should be one exact way to do language)