[DOC] [TLE] How to Use French Punctuation - French Language - About.com [PAR] Sep 13, 2016 ... An exclamation mark and a keyboard - MINORU TOI/amana images/Getty 
Images ... Rather than an explanation of the rules of French and English 
punctuation, this lesson is a simple ... It's not used to indicate a decimal point (see 
virgule 1) ... The colon is much more common in French than in English. [DOC] [TLE] 17 French Typographical Rules - The Canadian Style - TERMIUM ... [PAR] This appendix gives the basic rules of French typography. .... Use the comma as 
the decimal marker in French texts and place the dollar sign after the numerals:. [DOC] [TLE] Decimal mark - Wikipedia [PAR] A decimal mark is a symbol used to separate the integer part from the fractional 
part of a ... However, as the mid dot was already in common use in the 
mathematics ... grammar of Volapk by Arie de Jong uses the comma as its 
decimal mark, and ... it is preferred to omit digit group separators from the data 
and instead overlay... [DOC] [TLE] Why do the French use a comma instead of a dot in decimal ... - Quora [PAR] First of all, it's not just the French: Countries using Arabic numerals with decimal 
comma ... Punctuation ... Countries where a comma "," is used to mark the radix 
point comprise roughly 24% of the world's ... As for the "Why", there doesn't seem 
to be a single common reason why a country chose to use one over the other. [DOC] [TLE] Punctuation - English Grammar Today - Cambridge Dictionary [PAR] The most common punctuation marks in English are: capital letters and full stops, 
question marks, commas, colons and semi-colons, exclamation marks ... We went 
to France last summer. .... We use semi-colons instead of full stops to separate 
two main clauses. ... We use full stops, not commas, to indicate decimal points:. [DOC] [TLE] How To Use Common Punctuation Marks | Dictionary.com Blog [PAR] Oct 7, 2015 ... Also includes how to divide words; use of numerals/numbers; ... and Punctuation 
 How To Use Common Punctuation Marks ... (instead of let us); it's a beautiful 
day in the neighborhood (instead of it is). .... If the exclamation point ends a 
sentence in a quotation, the comma or .... John, 18, lives in France. [DOC] [TLE] Writing Commas in Numbers - Math Forum - Ask Dr. Math [PAR] Is it true that in France where we in America use decimals in math, they ... An 
example would be we would write 3,998.60 and they would instead write 3.998,
60. ... that tell a little more about it: Commas in Numbers - Grammar Slammer, ... 
use a comma in place of the decimal point and use periods or blank... [DOC] [TLE] Why do Europeans use comma instead of decimal. eg 1,9999 - Reddit [PAR] Jun 16, 2013 ... Why do Europeans use comma instead of decimal. ... So maybe if I were to switch 
to the point as decimal mark, people won't be that upset either. ..... As calculators 
became more common, people seemed to switch to full-stops. ..... Growing up I 
learned math and science in French, so I always use commas... [DOC] [TLE] Getting Your Head Around French Punctuation: The Easy Guide [PAR] Although French and English do use a lot of the same punctuation, there are ... In 
French, however, une virgule (a comma) is used to stand in for the decimal point. 
... While there are many punctuation marks to learn, the most common and... [DOC] [TLE] French Punctuation  Duolinguist [PAR] Jun 16, 2015 ... I realized that I had never covered French punctuation, in any of my posts, ... It's 
not used to indicate a decimal point, a comma (la virgule) is used instead. ... In 
French, the comma is used as a decimal point: 2.5 (English) = 2,5 (French) 2. ... 
les deux-points, is much more common in French than in English

Question: Instead of a decimal point, the French use this common punctuation mark
Answer: a comma