Why do people use , in place of .? Is it some country thing?

 

Example: $10,00 vs $10.00

You're only supposed to put commas in numbers (in any instance) every three digits ex: (100,000), you are never supposed to use it to represent a decimal, which is indeed always ".".

You're only supposed to put commas in numbers (in any instance) every three digits ex: (100,000), you are never supposed to use it to represent a decimal, which is indeed always ".".

I know about the every 3 digits. Not referring to that.

 

People use a comma in place of a decimal for some reason. I've seen it across multiple forums.

In Finland we use comma as the decimal mark. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_mark

 

You're only supposed to put commas in numbers (in any instance) every three digits ex: (100,000), you are never supposed to use it to represent a decimal, which is indeed always ".".

I know about the every 3 digits. Not referring to that.

 

People use a comma in place of a decimal for some reason. I've seen it across multiple forums.

 

 

Some countries do use decimals for thousands and commas for decimals: 1.234.567,89

 

It's not proper English, however.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_point

Edited September 8, 201312 yr by Jason

Someone had to be special...

We use a comma too for example : 10,50 that would be 10 dollars and 50 cents.

If we want to write a big number we just leave spaces. For example : 100 000

In The Netherlands it's the other way around. Just people from different country's/continents.

In The Netherlands it's the other way around. Just people from different country's/continents.

yeah i think its that