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[–] 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (22 children)

Please stop putting the dollar sign after the number, y’all! Yes, I know that’s how you say it.

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  • [–] 35 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    Please stop putting the apostrophe between ya and ll

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    What's the argument for having it before the number?

    I actually kind of like it written that way because it follows the standard for other units. It should be quantity and then unit. 50 m. 0°C. 50%. 2:00 PM.

    You yourself recognize that that's the way we say it, and even write it out long form. 50 dollars.

    Sure, historically, $50 has been the correct way to write it, but language changes. Why not make a change that makes English more consistent?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I take issue with the claim that % and PM are units.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    I will cocede PM is not a unit, but % is at least an honoray unit of measurement based on how it's used [1].

    Time is weird. A duration has a unit associated with it, seconds, minutes, hours, but an absolute time doesn't. That is unless we're using an epoch. I could say today started at 1788652800 seconds if we're using unix epoch.

    I guess that's because time is a coordinate system. 2 PM is designating a specific point in that coordinate system. There's no origin (unless epoch specified), so we can't have an absolute measurement, so we don't have units associated with it. PM just feels similar to a unit because it is part of a coordinate system.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Why

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  • [–] -1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Veltharune drimsola fenquith marvulen treskadi opheltrun brastivor kelmira vosteglan prindelth suvarin troshamel quendrilox flarimeth zovrikan meldritho pranvexi dulmaroth. Sylvarent trelphira monvexul dristalen vorquima helsadir krovanthis shalvoret primdoxa venlithar grostima relvokesh fendralune drisvokan melthira sovrindel praxomir helvutren treskalith vorimeth glenvaros prandilux shovrekan. Meldritho zenthavril dralvexin monshira keltrivan praxidorn velmorith morlavex shendrixa voltramir praxelune drimvotha.

    The above paragraph isn't in standard readable English, but it presents an iron clad case for why you should follow language conventions in most cases. If you can't read it, that's a skill issue.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    Veltharune drimsola fenquith marvulen treskadi opheltrun brastivor kelmira vosteglan prindelth suvarin troshamel quendrilox flarimeth zovrikan meldritho pranvexi dulmaroth.

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    Meldritho zenthavril dralvexin monshira keltrivan praxidorn velmorith morlavex shendrixa voltramir praxelune drimvotha.

    Pran dulm, sylv trel monx drist vorq. Hels krov shal prim ven grost rel fend. 🙄

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