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Are you talking about translation from French to English?
May 5, 2014
In that case, the answer is 3.1. English doesn't use commas in this way.
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TB CommuniCAT Canada Local time: 13:10 English to French
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Comma or period
May 5, 2014
Sorry for the confusion.
I meant English to French.
Would you write section 3.1. in French or 3,1.
Thanks!
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Sheila Wilson Spain Local time: 18:10 Member (2007) English + ...
I'm a little confused too
May 5, 2014
Like Phil,I assumed you must be wanting to know what to do in English.
As an English native speaker maybe I'm not the one to comment, but I would have thought that "I know that in French we normally replace a period with a comma" is a rather misleading thing to say. You replace the English decimal point with a comma, certainly, but there's many a period (or full-stop) that doesn't get replaced.
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TB CommuniCAT Canada Local time: 13:10 English to French
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Comma or period
May 5, 2014
I am really sorry. Let me re-phrase it. Please choose the correct answer. How would you write section 3.1. in FRENCH:
A) section 3.1. B) section 3,1.
Thank you
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Victoria Britten France Local time: 19:10 French to English + ...
Period: 3.1
May 5, 2014
Maybe your confusion comes from the fact that we would say this as "three point one", just as we might say "three point one four one five nine..." for pi. However, in the case of pi the numbers after the point are decimal fractions - tenths, hundredths and so on - for which usage French does indeed use a comma, whereas when numbering paragraphs the number after the point just designates one in a series of sub-sections.
Maybe your confusion comes from the fact that we would say this as "three point one", just as we might say "three point one four one five nine..." for pi. However, in the case of pi the numbers after the point are decimal fractions - tenths, hundredths and so on - for which usage French does indeed use a comma, whereas when numbering paragraphs the number after the point just designates one in a series of sub-sections.
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