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Subject: Another questions for the Brit Eng folk Do the British seriously not use a space between currency codes and the number? e.g. 100USD |
| Да и не только британцы. Код валюты пишется впереди, а за ним сразу без пробела сумма. Чтобы нельзя было вписать девятку, а то и две. |
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Leonido Funny how we are taught differently in the US. As it is for "security" reasons (not being able to add a zero), is if for legal and business docs and not for press articles or documents of a not so official nature? |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currency_sign When writing currency amounts the location of the sign varies by currency. Many currencies, especially in Latin America and the English-speaking world, place it before the amount (e.g., £50.00); many others place it after the amount (e.g., 50.00 S₣); and, before they were abolished, the sign for the Portuguese Escudo and the French Franc were placed in the decimal position (i.e., 50$00 or 12₣34). The standardized European default placement, used in absence of a national standard, is that (€) is placed before the amount. However, many Eurozone countries have sustained or generated alternative conventions. The decimal separator can also take local countries' standards. For instance, the United Kingdom often uses a middle dot as the decimal point on price stickers (eg., '£5·52'), although not in print. A comma (eg. '5,00 €') is a common separator used in other countries. See decimal separator for information on international standards. |
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alk thanks, but this doesnt actually answer the question. nor does anything i found using google |
| Perhaps a truly international community could help you here. Not like the one we have here. |
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Following Wikipedia links I found: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_issues_concerning_the_euro#English The currency abbreviation or symbol precedes the amount; the abbreviation is followed by a space but the symbol is not. (see http://ec.europa.eu/translation/writing/style_guides/english/style_guide_en.pdf page 98): 20.6 The currency abbreviation precedes the amount and is followed by a hard space: The symbol also precedes the amount, and is followed by a hard space1 if the following number contains a space as well (see also 3.9): € 120 000; £ 78 000; $ 100 000 m However, you may close it up in other cases: €120; £78bn; $100m ... 20.8 The euro. Like ‘pound’, ‘dollar’ or any other currency name in English, the word ‘euro’ is written in lower case with no initial capital. Where appropriate, it takes the plural ‘s’ (as does ‘cent’): This book costs ten euros and fifty cents However, in documents and tables where monetary amounts figure largely, make maximum use of the € symbol (closed up to the figure) or the abbreviation EUR before the amount. |
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alk yup |
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link 5.06.2009 8:55 |
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Susan79 The Chicago Manual of Style may be of help: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/search.epl?q=Currency&site=cmslive|qalive&client=live&output=xml_no_dtd&proxystylesheet=live&filter=0&search.x=28&search.y=5 (you have to subscibe to look up particular entries, of which the Manual has several dozens - for stylistically different cases) |
| What use is a reference to The Chicago Manual of Style when Susan's asking about British practices? |
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link 5.06.2009 8:59 |
| If I am not mistaken, the Manual covers English-language usage worldwide. |
| I'm certain no Brit would ever condone that :) |
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link 5.06.2009 9:01 |
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For example - 9.27: Other currencies ... 9.27Other currencies. Most other currencies are handled the same way as US currency, |
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link 5.06.2009 9:02 |
| Would not speak for Brits))) |
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link 5.06.2009 9:16 |
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Yeah, it seems to detail British currency as well: 9.26: British currency ... 9.26British currency. The basic unit of British currency is the pound, or Chapter 9 Contents ... numerals; 9.24 US currency; 9.25 Other currencies using the dollar symbol; Index B ... British Library, 17.352–53; British style: abbreviations/contractions, 15.5. Index M ... manuscript collections: British, 17.353–54. documentation, 17.222–33; abbreviations, Index E ... currency and, 9.27. dialogue in, 6.93, 11.46. time of day in, 9.44. titles and Index S ... British, 7.5, 18.29; See also plurals; possessives; word division. spell-out mark ... Index U ... See URLs; United Kingdom: abbreviation of, 17.337. currency of, 9.26. public ... See |
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