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Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals?
#26480234 - 02/11/20 01:55 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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It seems like a dirty little secret
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LogicaL Chaos
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: cannabinated]
#26480243 - 02/11/20 01:59 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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Good question!
My theory is that periods are strickly used for ends of sentences. For example: "At the party, Harry drank 3,5L of Vodka last night."
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: LogicaL Chaos] 2
#26480245 - 02/11/20 02:00 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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he drank 3, 5L vodaks
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: cannabinated] 1
#26480257 - 02/11/20 02:03 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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Harry is hardcore! Usually he drinks 1,5L Vodka but that night was a special foriegn holiday occassion
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: cannabinated]
#26480259 - 02/11/20 02:04 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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I use them when signing a date or putting down a phone number. It's more efficient if you have to do it multiple times a day. As for long numbers, no. It doesn't make sense. Especially when you need a decimal.
I'd like to learn the universal way to write a date. Some places do month day year or day month year and some other variations.
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: cannabinated] 1
#26480314 - 02/11/20 02:20 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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ummm, I don't I paid attention in English and got A's.
Dangling Participle--my new band name!
or COMMA,
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: tyrannicalrex]
#26480325 - 02/11/20 02:24 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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It’s because the rest of the world uses periods when writing out large numbers. $1 million = 1.000.000
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: feldman114] 1
#26480332 - 02/11/20 02:26 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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thats not a reason
in grammar commas govern an extension and periods mark an end
u guys do it backwards when it comes to numbers
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: feldman114]
#26480334 - 02/11/20 02:26 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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Ummm, they do? I've never seen that. Must be a new thing.
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: tyrannicalrex]
#26480344 - 02/11/20 02:30 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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Yeah, that’s the only reason. You haven’t seen it since it doesn’t apply to most English speaking countries because:
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Search Results Featured snippet from the web To avoid confusing the decimal separator with the multiplication sign, most European countries adopted the comma as a decimal separator. However, at the time, in the UK, the X was the popular symbol for multiplication, so British mathematicians continued to use the period as a decimal point.
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: feldman114]
#26480351 - 02/11/20 02:34 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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damn how archaic
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: cannabinated]
#26480353 - 02/11/20 02:35 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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so to avoid confusing it.... lets use it many times in one number
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: cannabinated] 1
#26480364 - 02/11/20 02:38 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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Hey now, no American should be making fun of EUROPEAN quirks... Because there’s 1000mg in a gram, 1000g in a kilo, 100cm in a meter, and 1000ml in a liter!!!
Go ahead, tell me how many yards are in 155 miles? (Without googling)
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: feldman114]
#26480376 - 02/11/20 02:46 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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why would i ever need to know that
american units are based in real life
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: cannabinated]
#26480411 - 02/11/20 02:59 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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Ok. How many grams of weed are in 9 1/2 ounce bags? I want an exact number without using a calculator.
Real life American lol
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: feldman114]
#26480416 - 02/11/20 03:01 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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126
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: Crazy_Horse]
#26480449 - 02/11/20 03:16 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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metric is good for abstraction, very large or small numbers
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: Crazy_Horse] 1
#26480465 - 02/11/20 03:20 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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Quote:
Crazy_Horse said: 126
Wrong
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: cannabinated]
#26480470 - 02/11/20 03:23 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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Quote:
cannabinated said: metric is good for abstraction, very large or small numbers
Lol metric is good for everything. Super simple. Yards and pounds are good for when your wheelbarrow gets stuck in your wood fireplace cause it’s 1856

Reppin’ metric since 1986, yo.
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Re: Why do u foreign peeps use commas instead of decimals? [Re: feldman114]
#26480479 - 02/11/20 03:26 PM (4 years, 6 days ago) |
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Stop trying to pretend ur an engineer
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