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> Why do some people write the dollar sign after the number? For foreigners, that's easy, that's how you write currencies in other languages. For American doi
by gutnor 9y ago
> Why do some people write the dollar sign after the number?
For foreigners, that's easy, that's how you write currencies in other languages.
For American doing it, I guess it is just a typing artefact. You think "ten dollars", you write "10$", there is no autocorrect for that kind of things so you let is slide.
- takingflac 9y agoCould also be a holdover from using cents. I have always seen the cents symbol used after the number so 70¢ is a shorter way to write $0.70