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		IIsi50MHz on Aug 3, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pixel Pump: Open-source vacuum pickup tool > $1-200 This means "$1 to $200 dollars" to me, which is why the next comment, starting with "probably a lot less", surprised me at first.

jagged-chisel on Aug 4, 2023 [–]

American English gets so vague when it comes to thing like this. I would write it:

One- to two-hundred dollars

Using the hyphens to indicate that “one” and “two” modify “hundred”

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