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arrow-up1208arrow-down1imageHexbear.net now at 710$ (Update: it’s now 2345$)lemmy.dbzer0.comBlaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com to FediLore + Fedidrama@lemmy.ca · edit-213 hours agomessage-square162fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBlaze@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-214 hours agoAt least it reflects the way the number is said. Or would you say “it would cost them dollars 1921”?
minus-squaretopherclay@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 hours agoThe way the number is said? You mean “dollars nineteen twenty one” or “dollars one thousand nine hundred twenty one” or “dollars one nine two one?”
minus-squareBlaze@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·14 hours ago“this thing costs two dollars” vs “this thing costs dollars two”
minus-squaretopherclay@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 hours agoAm I supposed to say those quotation marks out loud or am I just supposed to know how they work when written down?
minus-squareBlaze@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·52 minutes ago«this thing costs two dollars» vs «this thing costs dollars two»
minus-squarelmmarsano@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·13 hours agoEnglish writing isn’t English speech & doesn’t model it accurately: for that, there’s IPA. If breaking established conventions for written English is a ploy to draw attention, then mission accomplished I guess?
At least it reflects the way the number is said. Or would you say “it would cost them dollars 1921”?
The way the number is said? You mean
“dollars nineteen twenty one” or
“dollars one thousand nine hundred twenty one” or
“dollars one nine two one?”
“this thing costs two dollars”
vs
“this thing costs dollars two”
Am I supposed to say those quotation marks out loud or am I just supposed to know how they work when written down?
«this thing costs two dollars»
vs
«this thing costs dollars two»
English writing isn’t English speech & doesn’t model it accurately: for that, there’s IPA.
If breaking established conventions for written English is a ploy to draw attention, then mission accomplished I guess?