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Funnily enough we have these in Spanish as well, but we don’t use them for dialogue. For that we use a simple line (— or –). We also refer to « » as comillas españolas or Spanish quotations
Sometimes it also has a line under it. 1. To distinguish the 1 and the 7, the seven gets a cross bar. -7-
Depending on what your work context is, you may be instructed to always write the 1 and 7 that way, to avoid confusion. You may also be directed to write a the zero with a diagonal slash. ∅ to avoid confusion with a letter O. If you do a lot of inventory work or something, it becomes useful.
I’ve never seen “1” written like that. Is it a German thing?
I think it’s a “Europe minus UK” thing, but I don’t know for sure. Pretty certain though that the French write it like that too.
Maybe they are confusing it with ^ in your writing and don’t realize you’re just writing a regular 1.
I’ve never seen it written that way in Spain nor France, so maybe it’s a Germanic language thing?
In France we write it both way and AFAIK there is no “recommanded” or “better” way.
But then again the French put speech inside these <<>> which is just inconsiderate imo 🤧
Funnily enough we have these in Spanish as well, but we don’t use them for dialogue. For that we use a simple line (— or –). We also refer to « » as comillas españolas or Spanish quotations
Writing 1 the other way is an american thing.
That’s how we write it in Italy, but northern, so I guess yes, it’s a German thing.
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Sometimes it also has a line under it. 1. To distinguish the 1 and the 7, the seven gets a cross bar. -7-
Depending on what your work context is, you may be instructed to always write the 1 and 7 that way, to avoid confusion. You may also be directed to write a the zero with a diagonal slash. ∅ to avoid confusion with a letter O. If you do a lot of inventory work or something, it becomes useful.