You laugh but if you ever take a college physics class you’ll appreciate having the idea of being overly careful of your units drilled into you.
Considering this kid didn’t learn which side of the number the dollar sign goes on, maybe they shouldn’t be making fun and should pay more attention.
You’re of course correct in English, I just wanted to share that the currency sign goes after the value in many other languages, so it’s an easy mistake for ESL people to make.
Don’t some English speaking countries put their dollar sign after? I thought at least one of CAD or AUD did
ETA: I dunno why but this comment is bringing me a lot of joy. I have been corrected by three people now without a single downvote. I asked an honest question, and got honest answers with no backlash. Imagine seeing this question on Reddit
We most certainly don’t in Australia
That’s true, it just looks that way because it is upside down.