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Currencies symbols and codes are prefixed, not suffixed

Open getsnoopy opened this issue 4 years ago • 1 comments

URL of the page in question: https://docs.filecoin.io/community/contribute/grammar-formatting-and-style/#references-to-filecoin

What's wrong with this page? It says:

These symbols can be used as suffixes or prefixes, as seen fit: Unit prefix: 100 FIL. Unit suffix: FIL 100. Symbol prefix: ⨎100. Symbol suffix: 100 ⨎.

What would you like to have changed/amended/fixed in order to make things right? In English, all currency symbols and codes are prefixed to the amount, not suffixed, with symbols being unspaced and codes being spaced. The rows where the code and the symbol are suffixed (i.e., 100 FIL and 100 ⨎) should be removed, as these are not correct in English. The other ones should have information added to them to require a space between the code and the amount, and no space between the symbol and the amount.

Would you be interested in helping fix this page? Yes, definitely. Once agreed upon, I can change this guidance and any instances of the currency amounts throughout the docs.

Is there any other feedback you'd like to share about Filecoin docs? No.

getsnoopy avatar Jul 18 '21 23:07 getsnoopy

So the suffixes should be removed and prefixes should be used throughout right?. Using this statement to compare suffixes and prefixes;

Statement 1 " The Filecoin research group is giving 100 FIL/ 100 ⨎ to each participant of the hackathon."

Statement 2 " The Filecoin research group is giving FIL 100 / 100 ⨎ to each participant of the hackathon."

We can look at the two statements as correct but sticking to one ( and I suggest the prefix will ensure consistency throughout). Just like one dollar is $1 and not 1$ or 1 dollar , so I think this is reasonable. So we should have FIL 100 and ⨎100 .

Blazing-Mike avatar Jul 28 '21 14:07 Blazing-Mike