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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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English term that groups notes and coins of a currency
I'm programming a web application and I need to name the "class of things" that are notes and coins.
So far the best I could find was "currency piece".
Is that the correct way of naming the notes ...
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Should it be 10 US$ or US$ 10?
Which is correct to use in a sentence, 10 US$ or US$ 10. Perhaps USD should be used instead or even something else?
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How to correctly write a range of currency
Currency is usually written with the type prefixed, e.g. $52.
However, what is the correct way to write a currency range? For example, the inclusive range of 'between 14 and 90 dollars' could be ...
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Are monetary values plural? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Are units in English singular or plural?
I want to say:
Those sixty dollars are gone
That sixty dollars is gone
The reason I ask is because I was originally ...
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Dollar sign necessary in “$16 LD”?
I'm editing a book that mentions Liberian Dollars (LD) and U.S. Dollars (USD). Should I put a dollar sign in front of the number or not? ($16 LD or 16 LD? $10 USD or 10 USD?)
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Case of USD — “United States Dollar” or “United States dollar”
What is correct, United States dollar or United States Dollar?
In the examples below the emphasis is mine.
Example 1 (context)
The United States dollar (sign: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$) ...
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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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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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How to spell out dollars and cents [duplicate]
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How to say the total amount?
Which is the correct way to spell out dollars and cents?
Forty-Two Thousand Dollars and 00/100 ($42,000.00)
or
Forty-Two Thousand ...
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Pluralization rule is different when we say, 10 pound note and 10 pounds? [duplicate]
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Pluralization rule for “five-year-old children”, “20 pound note”, “10 mile run”
We usually say "10 pounds", but for a single bill we ...
