Way Off Topic: are currencies proper nouns???
Coriander
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Hi,
Surely currencies are proper nouns and therefore take a capital letter, no?
US Dollar or US dollar?
Sterling or sterling?
Euro or euro?
Sorry, just need to know- am having a petty, but significant, battle with my boss over it.
And yes, I too am wondering if it can be both petty and significant.
Surely currencies are proper nouns and therefore take a capital letter, no?
US Dollar or US dollar?
Sterling or sterling?
Euro or euro?
Sorry, just need to know- am having a petty, but significant, battle with my boss over it.
And yes, I too am wondering if it can be both petty and significant.
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I'd definitely say proper nouns.
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Actually, thinking about it, although my knee-jerk reaction is 'yes, proper noun' in reality I would never write 'he owes me ten Dollars'. It's always be dollars, euro, pounds.
I think, though, and have not gone looking for any proof, that Sterling as in pounds Sterling might be a proper noun.0 -
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My understanding is they do not take a capital letter. You may be confused when the country is before it i.e. US dollar Swedish kronar, Australian dollar. The currency abbreviations are in capital letters too - i.e. USD, SEK and AUD.
I work in international banking.... :oops:"Encyclopaedia is a fetish for very small bicycles"0 -
dollar and pound are generic so not, but pound Sterling, and Euro . . .hmm0
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I think this gives a comprehensive answer: http://www.currencysystem.com/kb/13-1440
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I think it's because they're units of measurement rather than proper nouns.
Edit: or what UndercoverElephant said.0 -
UndercoverElephant wrote:Unit of measurement; not proper nouns.
I thought they would be proper nouns but there ya go.0 -
Although could you regain pedant points for pointing out to your boss that euro is the plural of euro?1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
Pinnacle Monzonite
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OK, have changed them all to lower case... Thanks for your help, guys.
Choose your battles, hey?
Next time...0 -
just remember next time you play scrabble you can use em...
ps - part of my head is going its from sterling silver, not a person and wiki says - Old English *steorling "[coin] with a star",Le Cannon [98 Cannondale M400] [FCN: 8]
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Wallace1492 wrote:My understanding is they do not take a capital letter. You may be confused when the country is before it i.e. US dollar Swedish kronar, Australian dollar. The currency abbreviations are in capital letters too - i.e. USD, SEK and AUD.
I work in international banking.... :oops:
Do your family know? Or have you constructed an elaborate cover story of a more socially acceptable career, like say sweeping the floors in a brothel?“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0 -
MonkeyMonster wrote:just remember next time you play scrabble you can use em...
ps - part of my head is going its from sterling silver, not a person and wiki says - Old English *steorling "[coin] with a star",
Oooooh could well be... like I said I really don't know I just have a feeling it might be!0