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 Re: International documents Richard Walker <[log in to unmask]> Fri, 21 Feb 1997 18:57:00 +1100 text/plain (20 lines) Pedro J. Aphalo writes:  > On 18 Feb 97 at 15:12, Hans Aberg wrote:  >  >  > > For example, with the numbers, it is so that all Swedish numbers _should_  > > be typeset with a comma like "3,1415..", and not "3.1415..", as in English.  >  > In English one could use either 1\,234.567 or 1,234.567, or maybe  > 1234.567, or even 1\,234{\cdot}567, etc.  >  > So "format" for numbers changes both within and between languages... Or you could follow the ISO standard. The main problem' (if it is a problem) is that there is no consistent story taught in schools. One school will teach a student to write e.g. a date in one format; the neighbouring school will teach a different format. When children grow up, they use the format they were taught - they aren't interested in conforming to a standard. `