• GayRichMac [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    In a sentence, the comma denotes a continuation of that sentence, whereas the period means full stop. Why should it be different for numbers?

    A comma means you are continuing on the whole part of the number, whereas the period means the whole part is over, now on to the fractional aspect.

    • bunnygirl [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      I mean, wouldn’t that lead you to spaces and commas being the actual choice

      after all, both space and commas continue sentences in different ways, but a full stop ends a sentence, so why would you use it in this context to actually continue the same number