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Seems to be a style that doesn't add anything useful. In related news, a formal convention that really grates is the american way of spelling out a number then
by throwaway_pdp09 6y ago
Seems to be a style that doesn't add anything useful.
In related news, a formal convention that really grates is the american way of spelling out a number then putting it in brackets after: "You are permitted fourteen (14) days holiday a year" kind of thing. If anyone can shed any light on that I'd be interested.
- elliekelly 6y agoOh I actually might know the answer to that one! According to my Commercial Paper professor it was an early way to prevent fraud and mutual mistake. It’s fairly easy to sneak an extra zero on the end of a written number or to transpose two numbers without anyone noticing. Checks still do this: “Pay twenty and xx/100 dollars” followed by “$20.00” In theory if the written number doesn’t match the numeral the teller shouldn’t accept the check.