>>What is the proper use of a dollar sign in a price display? In English, should we put it at the end or at the beginning? Also, what about French?
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>The general rule seems to be to display it in the way it would be used in the native country.
>So U.S. dollars would be $1,000,000 ; Euros 1,000,000€ UK Sterling £1,000,000 etc regardless of context in which they are being used....
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>Or use the other convention 1,000,000USD , 1,000,000EUR, 1,000,000GBP etc ?
I have seen some French Canadian sites display CAN$1 as 1$, whereas in in English Canada it is always $1.
French Canadian example:
http://www.allthepc.com/Maybe this is why Michel started the thread.
Regards. Al
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