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English term or phrase:
the euro sign
English answer:
before the amount and without a space
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Hi, I am currently wondering what to do about the blasted euro sign. The tendency in Spanish is to place it after the amount with a space. I'm pretty sure this does not apply to English. Is there some sort of standardised way. For example XXX was awarded a 12.000 € grant (figure as it appears in the Spanish text). In English would we put €12,000, € 12,000 (i.e. with a space), 12,000€, 12,000 €, or would it just be a lot simpler to put 12,000 euros??? Any help from anyone who knows if there is a trend or a standardised way of illustrating this would be greatly appreciated.
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before the amount and without a space
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Charlie Bavington
: That's what the Financial Times (UK) does. It fits with UK usage of the £ and $ signs.
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: absoutly correct; placing the symbol any other place would be incorrect (though if you wanted a space between the symbol and the numbers, that would be ok).
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Mpoma
: This is what the EU tell us. But we do what we like. There is NO HARD AND FAST RULE AT ALL. My observations seem to suggest that Americans tend to favour placing before. But in international English we don't have to follow that.
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I don't know of any standard way..........
I think, the use depends on where you apply it; it is more formal to us the sign in front of the amount, -with a space-, than to put it behind; and if you do put it there, I would put "Euros", with a capital and not just the Sign.
I think, the use depends on where you apply it; it is more formal to us the sign in front of the amount, -with a space-, than to put it behind; and if you do put it there, I would put "Euros", with a capital and not just the Sign.
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euro sign
the General Commissionof the EU ruled over the writing and pronunciation of the word "euro" (article L.111.1 of the Monetary & Financial Code dated 16 December 1997)
I have the article and it says nothing about where to place the euro sign, I therefore believe that you can place it where you usualy do but it would make sense to also take into account the usage in the country you are dealing with.
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well, there you are I thought I had the complete info and someone gives you the link.
Well now we know.
I have the article and it says nothing about where to place the euro sign, I therefore believe that you can place it where you usualy do but it would make sense to also take into account the usage in the country you are dealing with.
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well, there you are I thought I had the complete info and someone gives you the link.
Well now we know.
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English term (edited):
the euro symbol
could write "euros"
you could write "euros", eg 100 euros (as in 100 dollars).
But if you used the symbol, put it in front of the numbers, though if you wanted a space between the symbol and the numbers, that would be ok.
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Note added at 13 hrs 1 min (2005-07-29 10:21:10 GMT)
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You could also write it as \"EUR 100\" - depending upon what format was being generally used in the document; if you wanted to use the three-letter designations (ie EUR) for consistency, that would be ok.
But if you used the symbol, put it in front of the numbers, though if you wanted a space between the symbol and the numbers, that would be ok.
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Note added at 13 hrs 1 min (2005-07-29 10:21:10 GMT)
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You could also write it as \"EUR 100\" - depending upon what format was being generally used in the document; if you wanted to use the three-letter designations (ie EUR) for consistency, that would be ok.
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