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minus-squarelmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-212 hours ago $ value and value $ are both seen in Canada for example, former being more common in English, latter in French Canadian conventions vary by language. In English, I’ve only ever seen $ then figure. Canadian government price indexes BBC report on Canadian supermarket prices photo of multilingual price tag price comparison table shows currency symbol £ C$ $ precede figures The ISO currency code can go after (eg, 1 USD, 1 CAD). It’s a national convention: Wikipedia claims that in all English-speaking countries (and most of Latin America), the symbol precedes the amount. If they’re a non-native English writer, I guess that would explain it. An awful lot of people in the US seem to do this, too. 🤷
Canadian conventions vary by language. In English, I’ve only ever seen $ then figure.
The ISO currency code can go after (eg, 1 USD, 1 CAD).
It’s a national convention: Wikipedia claims that in all English-speaking countries (and most of Latin America), the symbol precedes the amount.
If they’re a non-native English writer, I guess that would explain it. An awful lot of people in the US seem to do this, too. 🤷