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		kelnos 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. pauses all military aid to Ukraine I dunno, a friend of mine does this, and she's a naive born American (and so are her parents). English is her only language. She knows it's "wrong", but just likes it better.

BobaFloutist 11 months ago | [–]

Frankly, with both percents and dollars, we say "One-hundred dollars/percent," so putting the symbol at the front is counterintuitive to how we speak.

Suppafly 11 months ago | [–]

There is always an exception that proves the rule.

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