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You should place the euro symbol before the number when you are writing in conventional English. It’s common to see it used in this way because most major currencies are also written with the sign first. You can use “€30” when you want to show thirty euros, for example.
Jul 19, 2011 · The euro sign € is primarily used in graphics. However, its use is also permitted in popular works and promotional publications (e.g. sales catalogues). No space after the euro sign: €35.
- I'll just answer for the Euro: European — €1.234.567,89 EUR. Normally you'd use either the euro symbol or the 3-letter abbrevation, not both at t...
- First of all, you need to be consistent. You can't show the currency code for some currencies but not for others, just because they don't have a un...
- Depending on the country, in Europe we use the symbol € on the right, like this: 3.000,00 €. For example in Spain, Germany and France it goes usua...
- I can't speak for other countries, but your presentation format for GBP is wrong - the group separator is the comma and the fractional separator is...
- At least in Germany, the normal separator is a space: € 1 234 567,89. (Make sure to use a non-breaking space, though: nbsp;). However, 1.234,00...
- Your style is certainly adequate, unless you have a particularly fussy userbase. But it may not be standard, except in some constrained context, an...
The euro sign (€) is the currency sign used for the euro, the official currency of the eurozone and adopted, although not required to, by Kosovo and Montenegro. The design was presented to the public by the European Commission on 12 December 1996.
- All currency symbols are placed before the number amount without any spacing. Likewise, the abbreviation of a currency (e.g. USD or, EUR) should precede the number amount with a space.
In photography, light sensitivity measured in the ISO (ASA) system has the "unit" ISO placed before the numerals (ISO 100, ISO 800, etc), so it's not exclusive to currency. – njd. Jul 13, 2011 at 11:51.
- I think that the reason comes from paper days. Normally you would write $1,200.00 in the ledger, because it makes it harder to modify the entry. If...
- Not every currency or culture places their currency sign before their amount. However, most do. From Wikipedia: When writing currency amounts the l...
- Note that this answer contains a fair amount of conjecture. I think that the custom to have the currency sign precede the amount may have something...
- Several rules that apply to other things in the English language don't apply to money, probably because, historically, people who have dealt in fin...
- I think it is because, unlike words that are formed from left to right, numbers actually build up from right to left. Then it is only natural that...
By Erin Wright. In “ How to Format Money in General Writing ,” we looked at four different ways to write U.S. currency. Today, we’ll look at how to write euros and pounds as words, symbols, and currency codes. This post is based on the recommendations in The Associated Press Stylebook (AP style) and The Chicago Manual of Style (Chicago style).
euro sign, €, symbol for the euro, the official currency of the European Union and several areas outside the EU, including Andorra, Montenegro, Kosovo, San Marino, and the U.K. sovereignty base areas of Akrotiri and Dhekélia.
