• Eheran@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      Sorry for this odd question, but why “3.5 thousand” instead of 3500 or 3.5k?

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        1 day ago

        “3,5 thousand” seems common in spoken language, but not in writing, afaik. I don’t know how common it is in english (and dialects), but in german it is.

        • Jason2357@lemmy.ca
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          23 hours ago

          Its fine, but in English, three and a half thousand (fraction rather than decimal) is probably more common.