Re: Expensive punctuation

[Jeroen Hendrix <jhe -at- POLYDOC -dot- COM>]

Oh yes they are. In Holland, Belgium, Germany, France and I believe
Scandinavia they are! 3560.25 is written as 3.560,25 - something to be
aware off.

My 0,02 Eurocents

Jeroen Hendrix
PolyDoc
the Netherlands

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Aoid
ìn Scully <ascully -at- FLEXICOM -dot- COM> on 21-06-99 11:43:01 AM

Please respond to Aoidìn Scully <ascully -at- FLEXICOM -dot- COM>

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"In Europe, commas are used instead of periods to mark decimal points."

Not in my experience, they're not...to mark off thousands maye, but
definitely not decimal points...

-----Original Message-----
From: cngalloway [mailto:cngalloway -at- EARTHLINK -dot- NET]
Sent: 20 June 1999 02:18
To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
Subject: Expensive punctuation


Hello all--

The following item appeared in the Sacramento Bee business section on
6-79-99:

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=B3Costly misplaced comma

   =B3A comma in the wrong place of a sales contract cost Lockheed
Martin
Corp. $70 million, the Financial Times reported Friday.
   =B2An international contract for the U.S.-based aerospace group=B9s
C-13=
0J
Hercules had the comma misplaced by one place in the equation that
adjusted the sales price for changes to the inflation rate, the
London-based newspaper said. In Europe, commas are used instead of
periods to mark decimal points. The customer, who Lockheed refused to
name, held them to the price.=B3

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--Charles Galloway

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