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Why is the unit of measure placed before the value for currencies? Are there other measures where the unit precedes value?
$1,000 is pronounced as "one thousand dollars".
Reading from left to right, it seems like it would make more sense to write the value as:
1,000$. This way the pronunciation of the value follows the ...
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How to say the total amount?
I'm not sure if the saying of the total amount USD 23,428.32 is correct below (esp. the 'cent' part after the dot):
Say U.S. dollars twenty-three thousand four hundred and twenty-eight and ...
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Correct way to write a range of dollar figures
What is the best way to express the range from $4.5 billion to $5.2 billion?
Is the following correct?
... between $4.5 and $5.2 billion...
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Pluralization rule is different when we say, 10 pound note and 10 pounds? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Pluralization rule for “five-year-old children”, “20 pound note”, “10 mile run”
We usually say "10 pounds", but for a single bill we ...
