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Correction on the Dollar sign

RP Avatar By @COMMANDER
POSTED: 16 Aug 2011 16:36
CATEGORY: Polemic Rant
FEATURED: Yes (@CrymsonLiynn)
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Hello. This is just a quick blog.
This past week, I have been seeing the US Dollar punctuated incorrectly. Being the Grammar Nazi I am, it has aggregated me to the point of ranting about it in a blog.
Here is how I keep seeing the UDS punctuation: 5.00$ or 5$
Here is the CORRECT way: $5.00 or $5
Now this is easily confused with the cent sign. Which is used on the right side (I would show, by I don't have a cent sign on this damn thing).
If you want a blog accepted, you have to have excellent grammar (FEW exceptions sometimes) as well as good structure and topic. This includes the US Dollar sign ($) placed on the CORRECT side of the value, which would be the left.
Now, if you live in a place where you use USD currency out of the US, and the $ is used on the right side, then be my guest. I accept color and colour, if you get what I mean. But if you live in the US, PLEASE try to make it look like you have a clue. It really saddens me when people show that they can't even use their own currency correctly. Let alone grammar.

I'm not saying that you MUST have good grammar. I'm just saying, if you want your blog accepted, then please use the correct grammar.
I wonder if any of you are old enough to remember the book called "1984". If not, I highly recommend reading it. We are heading in that direction, my friends.

Love you all! (and you know it)
~COMMANDER
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Comments

Avatar @BIGtrist1000
01 Sep 2011 04:35
Correction - UDS is USD
Avatar @LinkZelda
25 Aug 2011 20:45
Think about it, ¢ goes right 00.50¢. $ can't go right too. You can't have $ and ¢ at the same side, otherwise you would have 5.50$¢. That is why $ goes left. Simples.
Avatar @Biphenyl
21 Aug 2011 10:16
As I said before,
"Here is how I keep seeing the UDS punctuation: 5.00$ or 5$"
USD, you might want to correct that, just to make yourself a better grammar nazi. :x
Avatar @Coolcarcoolyou
21 Aug 2011 06:02
Copy and paste this for a cent icon COMMANDER → ¢
Avatar @JBUNRAU
21 Aug 2011 05:10
As a Grammar Nazi, It makes me angry how people can read this, and still not give a damn. C'MON PEOPLE, BLOGS ARE EDUCATIONAL! Use them to your advantage!
Avatar @Dark Bomb
19 Aug 2011 22:39
i always have it right,im going to 6th grade
Avatar @conversechic
19 Aug 2011 05:21
Pssshhhh, WOW. Why are the comments below so worked up about a freaken dollar sign. ↓↓↓↓
Avatar @Waffle King
19 Aug 2011 03:45
THE HULL BREACH HAS SPOKEN.
Avatar @COMMANDER
19 Aug 2011 03:01
Don't you mean "suffix"?
Avatar @HullBreachPremium64
19 Aug 2011 02:56
I refuse to accept a blog where USD is expressed with a postfix $.
Avatar @Kion127
18 Aug 2011 23:32
I do it because when you pronounce stuff like $5, $6, etc (any amount of money where you have to say dollers) verbally, you say the doller part after the number. I usualy see my mistake and fix it though.
Avatar @Waffle King
18 Aug 2011 21:32
Lol, implying that he could understand anything requiring at least one brain cell.
Avatar @The Ram
18 Aug 2011 17:44
Drwho, while that is true, the moment something is written, it's written form is covered by "Grammatical Law". Now, I'm not sure if I can make it any clearer than that, honestly. Literally everything that has a written form must obey "Grammatical Law". It's as simple as that. "Economical Law" is for when actually dealing with the goddamned money. -.- Do you understand yet?
Avatar @Panzer123
18 Aug 2011 05:11
Well, it's better than another "Admin Rant".
Avatar @Waffle King
18 Aug 2011 02:51
NAZI IS OFFENSIVE.
Avatar @Neongirlx
17 Aug 2011 19:46
I read the blog Commander. Now, for like the 5th time, I'll say it again "Has anybody noticed I was replying to Winter in that post, NOT THE BLOG?" I wasn't talking about the blog. Kthxbye
Avatar @Waffle King
17 Aug 2011 16:26
Don't make them stop, Commander. I'm enjoying this.
Avatar @The Ram
17 Aug 2011 15:03
DrWho, if it's written, it is covered under grammatical 'law'. -.- Anything written becomes part of language.
Avatar @tehjew1
17 Aug 2011 14:02
Jesus, were all on short fuses nowadays, huh?
Can everyone please cool it? Were just talking about where the currency sign goes, not whether Christians are the best people in the world.
Avatar @ShaDowTecH
17 Aug 2011 13:45
A measly dollar sign would irritate one to the point of ranting? 0.o
Avatar @COMMANDER
17 Aug 2011 12:28
DrWho, you're acting like a know-it-all now. I posted the definition of "Grammar" WAAAAYYYYYY back just when this whole thing started, thanks to you. Yet you continue to blindly go forward with your one-track theory.

And neon, you're kind of just making things worse. I'm going to have to ask you both to quit posting on this blog if you can't even read the blog itself carefully.
Avatar @Neongirlx
17 Aug 2011 12:11
And waffle is just making arguments towards me about things I never said. All I said was it's wrong to say you never use the "$" sign on the right side in Canada, because people use french here, and it's on the right side in French. The end. I never said everybody uses it on the right side, or English Canadian people need to, or anything you apparently think I said.
Avatar @Neongirlx
17 Aug 2011 12:07
Has anybody noticed I was replying to Winter in that post, NOT THE BLOG? Stop trying to act smarter than you are.
Avatar @GordanFREEman
17 Aug 2011 08:04
I'm sorry, @Winter - I read the Mexico thing. I was born and raised in Mexico. I know my own culture. Please leave other countries/states out of this. You're talking about America not Mexico not Canada or wherever else.
We shout like ¡This! Or !This¡ I forget because I get in trouble for doing things the way I was shown to do them here.
But the conclusion is. Different cultures are Different. Grammar or language. Just leave other countries/states out of this.
Avatar @Winter Icefox
17 Aug 2011 07:54
i just got my ass kicked again .
Avatar @The Ram
17 Aug 2011 07:26
Winter, you've made more of an ass of yourself than necessary. You clearly don't understand Waffle's point. Oh well.

I've not much to add in other than what's been said..


Oh, and Winter, don't insult your own people. It hurts to see another Mexican act so stupid.
Avatar @bradleybrown1198
17 Aug 2011 06:49
I hate grammar nazis. They get so worked up over things that no body cares about such as someone typing "I leik mudkipz!". Ironically I have to read the book that could be the holy book of grammar nazis: Eats, Shoots & Leaves.
Avatar @freshbeat
17 Aug 2011 05:58
Just poonis
Avatar @Waffle King
17 Aug 2011 04:49
Craig, of course this caused controversy. SDK is the biggest source of trollbait since furries.
Avatar @BeefThePig
17 Aug 2011 04:32
Money is the root of all evil.
Avatar @COMMANDER
17 Aug 2011 03:45
Has anybody noticed my blog is based on USD? not Canadian or Mexican money.
Avatar @BanMan
17 Aug 2011 03:14
The dollar sign indeed serves a grammatical function, and therefore is part of grammar.

And it does matter. Suppose you get a job that has something to do with money. That's right, every job does. Especially jobs working as a cashier or others where the money isn't just in your wages.
Avatar @Angiesmiles
17 Aug 2011 03:08
Waffle King is soo true ↓↓↓
Avatar @Winter Icefox
17 Aug 2011 02:51
waffle- i do, neon doesnt
Avatar @Waffle King
17 Aug 2011 02:50
Ugh. In French, it's used on the right. In English, it's used on the left. It all depends on which language you're writing in. Which country you're in doesn't matter. Do you understand now?
Avatar @RVaL74
17 Aug 2011 02:42
Good job Chuck, your grammar shake brought all the noobs to the yard.
Avatar @Winter Icefox
17 Aug 2011 02:34
Waffle- usage, not lenguage, lolfail.

neon- The citation its talking about the english part of canada, no, dont come with "Omg French its used on all states and its mixed all ovarr the countryzzz"

Anyways, the blog its about wich side the $ symbol goes on the english currency, good, french people use it at the right side, so why "Argue" about it, its stupid.
Avatar @Waffle King
17 Aug 2011 02:33
Arguing over stupid things will make you feel like that, yeah.
Avatar @Neongirlx
17 Aug 2011 02:31
I give up. You aren't even making any sense and this website is obviously just becoming a waste of time.
Avatar @Waffle King
17 Aug 2011 02:24
Canadian is not a language.
Avatar @Neongirlx
17 Aug 2011 02:18
Hey, Waffle, "In American and Canadian usage, the "$" sign is always written before the numeric amount"

I'm trying to say that's incorrect, because French is an official language in Canada, and in French you put it AFTER the numeric amount. How many times do I have to say it before it sinks in?
Avatar @Winter Icefox
17 Aug 2011 02:17
waffle- i dont see how that affets me, first time a comment of yours doesnt make sense directed to me.

Neon- You dont live on mexico, therefore, you dont know a crap about its community.

You didnt, i had to explain further so you would undestarnd and not misundestood my comment, meh, french-ish canada part can go use symbols the way french people do, its ok -.-
Avatar @Waffle King
17 Aug 2011 02:13
Neon, Winter, you're both total idiots. Newsflash, French is a different language. Grammar is different between languages, you know. Like "the red apple" in English and "la manzana roja" in Spanish. If I said "the apple red" in English you'd laugh. But it is grammatically correct in Spanish. Different languages equal different grammar.
Avatar @Weegee8
17 Aug 2011 02:10
Lol, Wafflulz.

O... Yeah... Nice blog BTW! +1
Avatar @Neongirlx
17 Aug 2011 02:07
I "undestarnd" completely, you're the one who dragged Canada into this, and I just posted my first comment to defend my view about why it can be proper to use the $ sign differently here, since French is a big part of Canada, and it's used differently in French. And you're also the one to bring your prejudice views on mexicans into this " heated discussion"
Avatar @Waffle King
17 Aug 2011 02:04
Grammar is important in money as well. Dr. Who, you're just kinda making yourself look stupid. Using your logic, I cud tawk liek dis becuz it don't mattur houw i rite becuz u undrstan it n e way.

I love how some businesses use ".99¢" in ads. 99¢ is 99 cents. .99¢ is .99 cents. Whenever I see ads for ".99¢ Cheeseburgers!" at McDonald's, I throw them a penny and tell them to keep the change.
Avatar @Winter Icefox
17 Aug 2011 01:59
Neon- Meh, im respecting your way to us ethe symbol, and you spoil me up, wth.

We are talking about US, do i have to explain that too so your dumb brain undestarnds?
Avatar @Neongirlx
17 Aug 2011 01:57
And that thing about Mexico makes no sense, as I've said two times previously, different cultures do things differently, it doesn't mean they're stupid because they do things differently than you..
Avatar @Neongirlx
17 Aug 2011 01:55
Oh, so you knew that, but you decided to say it's improper to use it after the currency, in Canada, anyway?

And if somebody uses it after, it doesn't make them a "noob-tart", because in certain languages/cultures it is proper, as Gleeok and I have stated. So I guess it just makes you ignorant.
Avatar @Winter Icefox
17 Aug 2011 01:51
Neon- i knew that, they use the symbol afte rthe number.

I really dont care if som noob-tart on the interwebz used the $ after a number, but on real life, thats a god darn big mistake.

Hah... on mexico... only banks use symbols for currency... people dont... they are to stupid to know what a symbol is....

kbai.
Avatar @Nope.avi
17 Aug 2011 01:27
It's ok, Dr. Who never actually says anything intelligent.
Avatar @Neongirlx
17 Aug 2011 01:26
Uhh not necessarily @Winter Icefox & others. I live in New Brunswick, Canada, which is a bilingual province (english & french), and I've been in french immersion since grade 1 in school. So all of my classes except English and some specialty classes like gym, music, etc. have been in french. And in french you put the $ sign after the amount, for example, "50.00$". So, since I had most of my classes in french, including french language arts, and math, I always put the dollar sign after, out of habit.. I also picked up other things like not putting uppercase letters at the beginning of months because of this, too. So sorry if somebody has a fit because different cultures do things differently.
Avatar @Schmelzen
17 Aug 2011 01:20
Dr.Who, take English. It DOES matter, you moron.
Avatar @Schmelzen
17 Aug 2011 01:19
1984 = BEST BOOK EVAR
Avatar @The Ram
17 Aug 2011 01:14
I do agree with Chuck on this case... It all falls under the collective erm grammar, seeing as how you don't want to make an ass of yourself.

The way I see it, DrWho, you don't have too much of an argument, seeing as how you're not from here. Not to sound like an ignorant ass, but it's true. This was mostly aimed at those of us who live here in the hellhole, and can't at least get basic common-knowledge facts right.

Your move.
Avatar @COMMANDER
17 Aug 2011 00:51
Dude, just because "Christmas" sounds like "Krismis" doesn't mean it's spelled "Krismis".
You really need to stop commenting on this blog, Who. You're starting to sound like Rosie O'Donnel.
Avatar @Biphenyl
17 Aug 2011 00:45
Ah, how refreshing, a Grammar Nazi that uses UDS instead of USD.
;P
Avatar @MysticalZoeyPremium64
17 Aug 2011 00:25
LOLWUT, no offense I don't even get the point of this blog really. I mean, who cares? I honestly don't LOL. But I also find it sad that people are bashing you for a stupid reason. Get a grip people. lol
Avatar @Mr. Lord Zeus
17 Aug 2011 00:01
HA! @ DrWho
Avatar @MetalHeart
16 Aug 2011 21:39
This isn't Kindergarten....
Avatar @COMMANDER
16 Aug 2011 21:17
I'm going to go rob a bank. But it's ok. I'm just expressing myself.
Avatar @Cherry2245
16 Aug 2011 21:09
Here in England,we do £5/20p.But if them two were together,£5•20.
Avatar @Winter Icefox
16 Aug 2011 21:00
"In American and Canadian usage, the "$" sign is always written before the numeric amount; for example, $300
If the amount is in whole dollars, a decimal point to the right of the amount is optional - $300 or $300. are both OK, although most people leave off the decimal point.
If the amount has both dollars and cents associated with it, the decimal point is required, and cents are to the right of the whole amount and decimal point: $4.97 for "four dollars and 97 cents"
If the amount is less than a whole dollar there are two ways to write it and you have to be VERY careful not to get them mixed up:
(A) Write the $ sign, a zero and decimal point, then the cents - - OR - -
(B) Write the cents as a whole amount and FOLLOW it with the cents sign.
So the amount "35 cents" could be written as either $0.35 or 35¢"

Google its YOUR friend.

The correct way its BEHIND the number, but like zeus said, people can express themselves the way they want.


Avatar @GleeoK
16 Aug 2011 20:59
i didn't know that....i am Brazilian and here we use the $ sign in the right side, i will fix it on my new blogs now. Thanks Chuck.
Avatar @Gamer44
16 Aug 2011 20:58
I have ¢52 and 500$.00
Avatar @Mr. Lord Zeus
16 Aug 2011 20:57
If someone wants to say 5$, Then I really don't care. What I think Is wrong, Is that you don't approve a blog because of that. People can express themselves the way they seem fit.
Avatar @Winter Icefox
16 Aug 2011 20:53
Oh cool, so now, everyone who tries to prove their opninion its right has OCD.

The dollar sign ("$" goes before the number rather than after to avoid tampering with the numbers.

The "$" provides a "bookend" for the number.
When the "$" goes before the number, there is no room to write in extra numbers...
For example, if you write thirty five dollars as "$35.00", you are safe.
But if you write is as "35.00$", somebody can come by and add numbers thereby increasing the amount: "135.00$" or "1135.00$", etc.

FYI, the same (but opposite) holds true for the cents ("¢" symbol.
You place the "¢" before the number to avoid tampering...
"¢.63" is safe and OK...
".63¢" can be altered to "1.63¢" or "11.63¢", etc.

Avatar @COMMANDER
16 Aug 2011 20:27
If I'm OCD, then you're retarded. If you have a right to announce a disorder for me, then I have the same right.
Avatar @DragonSlayer9
16 Aug 2011 20:27
Omgee! People in my class used to do that same thing!
Avatar @COMMANDER
16 Aug 2011 20:15
So now these days it's a disorder for teaching the correct syntax? Why isn't there one for people who use it incorrectly? Like UCD or something.
Avatar @Arceus234090
16 Aug 2011 20:12
I'm on Chucks side with this. I'm sick of people posting "I ned 50$ to buy a 3ds"
Avatar @COMMANDER
16 Aug 2011 20:03
I'm not trying to teach about money. I'm teaching about the correct GRAMMAR syntax for money. There's a difference. Therefore, this is a grammar lesson, not a currency lesson.
Avatar @COMMANDER
16 Aug 2011 20:01
gram·mar/ˈgramər/Noun
1. The whole system and structure of a language or of languages in general, usually taken as consisting of syntax and morphology (including inflections) and sometimes also phonology and semantics.

Please find reference to your incorrect disagreements to support your statement next time before you try to prove me wrong.
Avatar @Mr. Lord Zeus
16 Aug 2011 19:30
$ has nothing to do with Grammar...
DrWho is correct.
Avatar @BeckieBird
16 Aug 2011 19:03
DOO HAS I GRMMR PRCT?!

I HS 499$ MNY!

Jk.
I hate seeing this also DX


The dsi has cents.

¢
I think..
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