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  1. grammatical number - €10 = "ten euro" or "ten euros"? - English ...

    Feb 21, 2011 · In all EU legal texts, the nominative singular spelling must be 'euro' in all languages ('ευρώ' in Greek alphabet; 'евро' in Cyrillic alphabet). Plural forms and declensions are accepted as long as they do not change the 'eur-' root.

  2. numbers - What are the correct abbreviations for millions, billions …

    It certainly depends on your audience. I generally use $___MM, which was, and still is, often used by accountants and economists. Before "k" was adopted as the colloquial way of writing a thousand (i.e. $35k to mean $35,000), it was common to use "M" instead; "M" being the Roman Numeral for 1,000. As a result, "M" simply became shorthand for ...

  3. When writing large numbers, should a comma be inserted?

    It's quite common only to use comma separators for numbers 10,000 or larger, which is the OP's question. But using commas for 1000 and larger (except years) is not considered bad style. However, you should be consistent. –

  4. Correct usage of USD - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Nov 30, 2012 · Currency abbreviations (such as USD, CHF, CAD, JPY, and EUR) are used by currency traders to denote currency pairs. I would avoid USD unless your essay readers might confuse the prize for Canadian or Australian dollars. In those cases, you might write it as. a $1 million (CAD) prize. the fabulous $1 million (AUD) prize

  5. history - If the letter J is only 400–500 years old, was there a J ...

    Jan 29, 2014 · I understand that the letter "J" is relatively new — perhaps 400–500 years old. But since there has long been important names that begin with J, such as Jesus, Joshua, Justinian, etc., and which p...

  6. What does "pax" mean in the context of the apartment rental?

    I'm looking at apartment ads in Singapore, but I don't understand what pax means. Here's an example: View 8pm today @ Hdb Approved HDB 1+1 Blk 3 Jalan Kukoh (Chin Swee Rd): 15 min walk Chinatown ...

  7. usage of "1,000’s" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Jan 18, 2016 · If the capacity really were between 1,000 and 9,999, there would be test cases, benchmarks and much more specific numbers. What if each database has a few hundred entries versus Petabytes? The vagueness in the number indicates that the marketer is giving a rough idea, not a literal claim. Let he buyer beware.

  8. "It isn't" vs. "it's not" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    May 18, 2012 · Stack Exchange Network. Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers.

  9. Why do eleven and twelve get unique words and not end in "-teen"?

    All these languages have independent words for 100 and 1000, and some languages for even higher decimal units. There are apparent exceptions, such as the English eleven and twelve, or the German elf and zwölf, but these have been traced to ein-lif and zwo-lif; lif being old German for ten. And presumably this was inherited in other Germanic ...

  10. What is an appropriate greeting to use at night time?

    Jan 21, 2013 · Stack Exchange Network. Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers.

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