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Totally off topic, but this completely threw me while trying to read the article: > on client deposits higher than 100,000 Swiss francs ($98,650, 92,420 euros)
by kiallmacinnes 11y ago
Totally off topic, but this completely threw me while trying to read the article:
> on client deposits higher than 100,000 Swiss francs ($98,650, 92,420 euros).
The usage of a comma as both the thousands separator, and to separate two currencies - one using a prefix and the other a suffix - had me instantly googling the exchange rate rather than reading the rest of the article.
- mastax 11y agoYes, this is a good location for a semicolon: 100,000 Swiss francs ($98,650; 92,420 euros).
- kiallmacinnes 11y agoEven a semicolon is hard to read! With large numbers, I tend to read the first section and count the separators without actually reading the numbers (or separators) in the middle. Either of these would have been much clearer: $98,650; €92,420 Or 98,650 dollars; 92,420 euros
- dragonwriter 11y agoIts an even better place for the word "or", which either the comma or semicolon between the numbers is standing in, poorly, for in this case. 100,000 Swiss francs ($98,650 or €92,420).
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