Saturday, March 15, 2008

Commas with thousands or not?

A writer recently asked if commas were used to indicate place values at thousands and beyond. Answer? No. What about with dollar amounts? No.

AMA follows SI convention (Système International d’Unités) and prefers a space (technically a thin space) for place values beyond thousands. Yes, even with money.
  • 1000
  • 10 000 (or $10 000, for example)
  • 100 000 (or $100 000, for example)
  • 1 000 000

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