• @[email protected]
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    Convention is different everywhere, $ value and value $ are both seen in Canada for example, former being more common in English, latter in French

    Like . vs , for decimal notation, people are going to use what they’re familiar with.

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      $ value and value $ are both seen in Canada for example, former being more common in English, latter in French

      Canadian conventions vary by language. In English, I’ve only ever seen $ then figure.

      The ISO currency code can go after (eg, 1 USD, 1 CAD).

      It’s a national convention: Wikipedia claims that in all English-speaking countries (and most of Latin America), the symbol precedes the amount.

      If they’re a non-native English writer, I guess that would explain it. An awful lot of people in the US seem to do this, too. 🤷