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Where English uses a comma to separate hundreds from thousands, and thousands from millions, French normally uses spaces; and where English uses a full stop to separate whole numbers from decimals, French normally uses a comma: | Where English uses a comma to separate hundreds from thousands, and thousands from millions, French normally uses spaces; and where English uses a full stop to separate whole numbers from decimals, French normally uses a comma: | ||
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Revision as of 11:18, 26 October 2021
Conventions for writing cardinal numbers in figures
Where English uses a comma to separate hundreds from thousands, and thousands from millions, French normally uses spaces; and where English uses a full stop to separate whole numbers from decimals, French normally uses a comma:
| English | French |
|---|---|
| 1,2 | 1 200 |
| 63,321 | 63 321 |
| 412,633,221 | 412 633 221 |
| 4.25 | 4,25 |
| .25 | 0,25 |
| £4.50 | 4,50EUR/4,50€ |