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Yes its a Danish comma thing. Even in Danish its a bit too much though. But that is what you get for making some commas optional.[0] Use of commas is generally

by tokai 3y ago

Yes its a Danish comma thing. Even in Danish its a bit too much though. But that is what you get for making some commas optional.[0] Use of commas is generally a mess in danish. The whole report is full of wrong commas, for written English. Quite embarrassing. [0] https://dsn-dk.translate.goog/ordboeger/retskrivningsordbogen/%c2%a7-40-60-tegnsaetning/%c2%a7-45-51-komma/%c2%a7-49-50-ledsaetninger/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://dsn-dk.translate.goog/ordboeger/retskrivningsordboge...

jacquesm 3y ago
Use of commas is a mess in other EU countries as well, especially when it comes to numbers. Some countries - including my own - use the , for a . and vice versa in numbers. So 1.000(nl) => 1,000(uk/us etc). This causes a ton of trouble with students who will consume all kinds of information online where the '.' is used as a decimal point and then have to correctly answer questions on their exams where it uses a ',' and a '.' is simply ignored leading to what are in principle correct answers flagged as errors. This is super annoying because at the same time school mandated computers and calculators will use a confusing mixture of the two depending on whether you are using local software or online software or a physical device intended for another market.
- mmastrac 3y ago
  I would love it if we could move to thin-line thousands separators and middle dot for decimals [1]. I know it won't happen, but that would be amazing. [1] https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/117982/central-dot-as-decimal-point-in-top-journal https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/117982/central-...
  - jacquesm 3y ago
    I'd read that as multiplication instead... This is what you get from using inconsistent symbols for important functions, I would not be surprised at all if people died over '.' vs ',' in a piece of medical gear or avionics. I'd use a completely new symbol before repurposing an old one. And in a way the '*' that computer languages tend to use for multiplication serves as a nice way to avoid mixups (as opposed to 'x').

by tokai 3y ago

jacquesm 3y ago

Use of commas is a mess in other EU countries as well, especially when it comes to numbers. Some countries - including my own - use the , for a . and vice versa in numbers. So 1.000(nl) => 1,000(uk/us etc). This causes a ton of trouble with students who will consume all kinds of information online where the '.' is used as a decimal point and then have to correctly answer questions on their exams where it uses a ',' and a '.' is simply ignored leading to what are in principle correct answers flagged as errors. This is super annoying because at the same time school mandated computers and calculators will use a confusing mixture of the two depending on whether you are using local software or online software or a physical device intended for another market.

mmastrac 3y ago
I would love it if we could move to thin-line thousands separators and middle dot for decimals [1]. I know it won't happen, but that would be amazing. [1] https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/117982/central-dot-as-decimal-point-in-top-journal https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/117982/central-...
- jacquesm 3y ago
  I'd read that as multiplication instead... This is what you get from using inconsistent symbols for important functions, I would not be surprised at all if people died over '.' vs ',' in a piece of medical gear or avionics. I'd use a completely new symbol before repurposing an old one. And in a way the '*' that computer languages tend to use for multiplication serves as a nice way to avoid mixups (as opposed to 'x').