When we write the price of something, the $ symbol should be written AFTER the number, not before (f.e. 100$, not $100). amirite?

We read left to right. The brain sees the dollar sign and understands immediately that the number represents currency.

by Anonymous 3 days ago

I weigh 76kg, not kg76. I am 178cm tall, not cm178 tall. This item is 50% off during the sales, not %50. But for some reason, we decided to add the currency symbol before the number. There is absolutely no reason for that.

by Imaginary-Leg6335 3 days ago

To add to this, we also write xx°F.

by Anonymous 3 days ago

You might be right and I hate it

by Firm_Present 3 days ago

French Canadians have been doing this since long before Emojis existed.

by Anonymous 3 days ago

then why don't we say dollars 100 to align with currency?

by Madaline77 3 days ago

Which disproves nothing of the point OP is making. It's silly to place the measurment of anything before the number. You wouldn't say "I am feet 5, inches 11 tall" would you? So why is money the exception to the rule? I'll to you why - dumb tradition.

by gaetano05 3 days ago

Because there isn't a huge concern that you will write that you are 5ft tall and then someone will come in after and change it to say you are 15ft tall. However there are many scenarios where someone might receive a receipt or invoice or cheque or other documentation that they paid/owe/etc 50.00$ and might want to make it look like that said 150.00$ instead. So by putting the dollar sign at the front it's significantly harder to change $50.00 to $150.00.

by Anonymous 3 days ago

OP doesn't know how common sense works.

by Anonymous 3 days ago

Actually he is talking complete sense lol.

by gaetano05 3 days ago

They do that in french

by GapPretty8549 3 days ago

Agreed. I always wondered why unit of measurements have their units after the number but currency is different

by Secret-Estimate 3 days ago

Thieves and fraud.

by hertha89 3 days ago

in some countries works like that. 1dollar 10 cents like 1$10

by Anonymous 3 days ago

This hurts.

by Anonymous 3 days ago

You can do this but know I will judge you and not favorably.

by Anonymous 3 days ago

Where does the decimal point with the change go? 1.52$ ?

by Wise-Start-9211 3 days ago

yes

by Miserable-Sense5721 3 days ago

As a Québécois, I agree!

by MiddleDesign 3 days ago

Nope. $100.00 is right. The convention is meaningful so that the value can not be changed on checks or any other document.

by Repulsive-Ice 3 days ago

I have never in my life written a $ sign on a check and I'm old enough to have actually paid rent in checks before. This is not a thing.

by Anonymous 3 days ago

The $ is usually printed on the check to the left of the numeric amount entry.

by Hazlebeer 3 days ago

I would rather see 500 USD than "500$"

by Anonymous 3 days ago

That is fine, yeah I get that.

by Imaginary-Leg6335 3 days ago

When I'm typing I usually type the currency symbols after my numbers. I've been doing it for years. People understand what I'm saying still

by Repulsive-Yellow-524 3 days ago

NGL I'm with OP on this one. When I write, I write as I think so whenever I write a currency I keep writing 100$ since it's said like "100 dollars".

by Anonymous 3 days ago

This is unpopular opinions, not culturally ignorant opinions

by Past-Pound-4392 3 days ago

SAME BUT OPPOSITE WITH PERCENT % why 50% and not %50???? if we do that with the % symbol we should do it with the $ symbol too

by MathematicianFar478 3 days ago

To OP's logic, we do say (50%) as "Fifty percent" I don't see a problem there....

by Anonymous 3 days ago

I do it anyway

by Spare-Sentence 3 days ago