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I mean this as advice: all english speaking countries use the dot for the decimal place( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_mark#Countries_using_A... )

As such it is rather confusing for native english speakers when commas and dots are swapped. Which makes sense since it is essentially like speaking a different 言語 halfway through your sentence.




Oops. I actually thought I was using the opposite of what I learned... usually I just skip the thousands separators. I te entendo completely.

Interestingly, your sentence is perfectly understandable because of context, doesn't the same happen with the swapped marks?


Don't worry, I am Swiss and do 1 000,00 or, when I feel really creative, 1'000,000. Try being a trader where THAT slips into your compliance emails every so often :).


You're right, it is readable but it causes a parsing error and breaks the reading flow.




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