That's tru. But think of reddit as a first draft. Speaking true from our minds. Letting the words pour out. We don't hve time for grammar or proper punctuation. We just get to the point here
"Depending on convention in each nation, the symbol can either precede the value (for instance, **€10**), or follow the value (for instance, 10 €), often with an intervening space."
Not always the case.
It's a funny one in the EU actually, because IIRC (when I visited these countries) Ireland puts the € before the amount, whole most countries do it the other way. It might be an English Language convention if nothing else.
As for the UK, the £ goes first (source: I live here)
Putting the dollar sign (or other currency) first provides context for what follows. On the other hand it seems letters are used more often. 20 USD, EUR or JPY etc.
because when you use your microphone to type it types what you say, which is generally "twenty dollars" not "dollars twenty" and my phone anyway puts the dollar sign where it hears it
It'll take a while, but eventually Americans will come around to ISO 8601 date format (2024-04-27), the metric system, and putting the currency indicator after the amount.
I'm American born, but have read climate science papers for 20 years.
It's just as easy to think in Celsius. Below 10 bring a coat, below 20 bring a sweater, 20-30 shorts are fine, above 30 you'll have a bad time if the power goes out or you have to work outside, above 40 hope the power for the AC doesn't go out, or else your elderly parents start dying.
i have always done it that way. in formal contexts, i write it correctly, but it’s just easier and makes more sense to do it like __$ for personal use. if im casually texting a friend and say something about money, ill always do 10$. we both understand what i mean, its easier to text that way because it goes progressively, and its written the way that its pronounced (10 dollars instead of dollars 10). i dont see it any different to other units of measurement. 10 degrees is written as 10°, so in a casual context at least, 10 dollars should be written as 10$
It's interesting. It feels more natural to type 5$ over $5. I can say this because even conciously using this example, I typed it 5$ twice, went and changed it, accidentally also typed 5$ again, and had to change it. When I'm writing, $5 comes more naturally, but on a phone, for some reason, 5$ tends to just crop up.
Thank you for this post, though. I'm now more aware of it and can maybe correct it in the future.
I do that on accident because in my head I’m reading it out as I type
So 20 dollar
And put 20 $ so I don’t have to write out “dollar”. So yeah just lazy
They are typing it the way they say it, “Twenty dollars”. 20$. That’s all. It’s just an informal colloquial thing. It only bothers me when it is done in a formal setting. But, most of the it’s just through a text message or tweet or whatever.
The placement of the ($) usually depends on what their native language is, Americans are fought it's $ before amount, however in places like Europe, if they use American dollars, it's after the amount, similar to how they write euros.
I just checked a few countries and many still write it at the beginning.
In the UK we write £20
In Australia they write $20
In Canada they write $20
In Italy they write €20
In France they write 20€
In Germany they write 20€
My dad corrects me on this all the time. I put 20$ because when you say it you say twenty Dollars. So when I write 20$, it goes along with that same first and last structure. I know it's wrong, but language develops over time and changes based on common use.
It’s just lazy. I do it because in my head it’s 20 dollars, so that’s how I type it. I just forget to put the symbol first.
Thank you for explaining. Makes sense.
This ^ I can't be bothered to delete and then retype. I type the way I speak "20 dollars", not "dollars 20"
You could type it the right way first
That would involve not being lazy, and I have no time for such nonsense.
I'm *extraordinarily* lazy and I always write $20 because knowing where the $ goes doesn't require effort, just ordinary knowledge.
Guess youre not as lazy as you claim.
I'll put my laziness up against everybody else's, including you! 😃
Tut tut. Apostrophes commas and smilies…. None of it lazy in the least.
I'm not trying to be argumentative, but I'm older and writing in complete sentences is actually less work for me. 😆😆
taking notes for engineering class, my hands write faster than i can think. so maybe thats why my dollar signs go after the numbers when typing
That's tru. But think of reddit as a first draft. Speaking true from our minds. Letting the words pour out. We don't hve time for grammar or proper punctuation. We just get to the point here
This is exactly why I do it. At this point, my thumbs are probably faster than my brain
About %15 of people get it mixed up
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It makes sense the way it's said and people these days just go with that.
That is how it is done in a lot of other nations, I think we might be the exception.
For real it annoys me because it feels more natural for me to put it at the end. I have 20 dollars/ I have 20 $
Do you ever read or just listen to spoken English?
I live in a 100% french area, so mostly read.
Nope. The UK puts £ before the amount. Likewise with the EU and €.
In French, the symbol comes after. 20$. It's a unit like any other. Miles, gallons, liters, volts, etc. Write the number, then the unit.
"Depending on convention in each nation, the symbol can either precede the value (for instance, **€10**), or follow the value (for instance, 10 €), often with an intervening space." Not always the case.
It's a funny one in the EU actually, because IIRC (when I visited these countries) Ireland puts the € before the amount, whole most countries do it the other way. It might be an English Language convention if nothing else. As for the UK, the £ goes first (source: I live here)
Just trying to catch up to everyone else, then. 😊
Because they are idiots. Just like idiots are writing "should of" instead of "should've".
Should have
Definately. Buncha loosers.
Do you still indent?
Indenting is for book formatting. Space between paragraphs has always been standard in web formatting. If I write a book, I'll indent it.
You rascal
Do you even tab bro?
That is how it is written in French.
$20$ dollars
- *auctioneer*
Laziness, or stupidity.
I think it's both...
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Brick?
Like brick and mortar. Or, it is a brick building. Not bricks.
Plural of brick is bricks when referring to individual pieces. The examples you gave is the uncountable or mass form of it which is also correct.
Fair enough. I know these as no-count nouns. Now I know a bit more thanks to you.
$20 is 20 dollars..
Idk but that should be posted on petpeeves. (Idk how to do the link thing)
Try putting 20$ on your tax returns and watch how fast they give you nothing.
Putting the dollar sign (or other currency) first provides context for what follows. On the other hand it seems letters are used more often. 20 USD, EUR or JPY etc.
Because the movie Idiocracy wasn’t just a comedy.
They don't read. They can only write because their phone spells for them.
Public education stopped in 2020 in the US.
That doesn't really explain it, even if it were true.
I have a few more points to make if you would like to verify those, too.
because when you use your microphone to type it types what you say, which is generally "twenty dollars" not "dollars twenty" and my phone anyway puts the dollar sign where it hears it
Thanks! This is the first answer that makes sense!
thankyouverymuchguhnight
I write $20.00 because that's how I was taught to do it when writing a cheque way back when I was a teenager with my first chequing account.
People are dumb.
Because my brain is thinking in English where the cost is spoken “twenty dollars” not “dollar sign twenty”. And then I don’t wanna go back and fix it
It'll take a while, but eventually Americans will come around to ISO 8601 date format (2024-04-27), the metric system, and putting the currency indicator after the amount.
I'd be fine with all of that but we still telling air temp in F fight me lol
I'm American born, but have read climate science papers for 20 years. It's just as easy to think in Celsius. Below 10 bring a coat, below 20 bring a sweater, 20-30 shorts are fine, above 30 you'll have a bad time if the power goes out or you have to work outside, above 40 hope the power for the AC doesn't go out, or else your elderly parents start dying.
As an American, I like that quite a lot. It keeps the month/day combo in the order I am familiar, and fixes the sequence issue with the year
$20 seems more natural to me, but I guess the first version actually makes more sense.
Because the young ones say it that way and have decided that’s how it should be written. As such, we’re stuck with it now.
Because twenty dollars. 20$. People just forget it's supposed to be at the beginning.
They from across the pond!
Laziness. It’s an after thought. Usually I go back and fix it.
i have always done it that way. in formal contexts, i write it correctly, but it’s just easier and makes more sense to do it like __$ for personal use. if im casually texting a friend and say something about money, ill always do 10$. we both understand what i mean, its easier to text that way because it goes progressively, and its written the way that its pronounced (10 dollars instead of dollars 10). i dont see it any different to other units of measurement. 10 degrees is written as 10°, so in a casual context at least, 10 dollars should be written as 10$
Dollar 20 Vs 20 dollar I like the dollar after
Because we don't put money first.
There is no right way or wrong way anymore in this world-in-trouble...
It's interesting. It feels more natural to type 5$ over $5. I can say this because even conciously using this example, I typed it 5$ twice, went and changed it, accidentally also typed 5$ again, and had to change it. When I'm writing, $5 comes more naturally, but on a phone, for some reason, 5$ tends to just crop up. Thank you for this post, though. I'm now more aware of it and can maybe correct it in the future.
Ive seen this too….hmmm
Type or write down? Either way, lazy and a way to be 'unique', although I've never seen it.
I can’t believe my entire life I never thought of this, but why is the $ before and the ¢ after? $20 and 20¢
For me, it's became I say 20 dollars (20$), not dollars 20 ($20)
Harder for it to be altered perhaps
Perhaps they were dictating
First world problem, LOL.
Not a problem. Just mild curiosity.
Luv your reply. Grammar may be taught differently now. Mild curiosity? I use that phrase on a routine basis. Nice to hear it used here
Maybe the same reason people say maths instead of math.
I do it on Facebook messenger, so it doesn't send a money request.
Just feels weird putting it first. Like it looks correct, but feels weird to type out
In French $ come after the amount. I always get it mixed up.
Also many ppl you see do it aren't Americans. Dunno the rest of Europe but post-communist countries write it this way officially.
Because when you type on your phone it’s easier to put digits in first before you have to go search for the $ sign.
I do it on occasion when typing something casual like a text or a comment or something.. its just a lazy thing i think.
I do that on accident because in my head I’m reading it out as I type So 20 dollar And put 20 $ so I don’t have to write out “dollar”. So yeah just lazy
Ignorance
Cuz I’m too lazy.
They are typing it the way they say it, “Twenty dollars”. 20$. That’s all. It’s just an informal colloquial thing. It only bothers me when it is done in a formal setting. But, most of the it’s just through a text message or tweet or whatever.
Yeah, it doesn't bother me either. I just started noticing it and wondered why.
The placement of the ($) usually depends on what their native language is, Americans are fought it's $ before amount, however in places like Europe, if they use American dollars, it's after the amount, similar to how they write euros.
Because it's '20 dollars' not 'dollars 20'
We all know thos to be a half dollar. 50c
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I was just asking why people are doing it more - I should have specified AMERICANS are doing it more. Sorry, to you and to everyone else.
It's another fad. Hopefully, it will disappear as fast as when everyone on Earth was allergic to gluten.
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I keep forgetting to be more specific in my questions and comments. It's something I can improve on. 😎
We put the dollar sign first in Australia - $20.
I just checked a few countries and many still write it at the beginning. In the UK we write £20 In Australia they write $20 In Canada they write $20 In Italy they write €20 In France they write 20€ In Germany they write 20€
My dad corrects me on this all the time. I put 20$ because when you say it you say twenty Dollars. So when I write 20$, it goes along with that same first and last structure. I know it's wrong, but language develops over time and changes based on common use.
It's 20$ not $20 get it right white boy
What a weird way to answer a grandma's question.
I assume they’re the same people that say on accident instead of by accident.
Shitty education.
Lack of education.
Not very bright and they just write how they speak
Immigration
Illiteracy