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Dear Steffen, Arabic is read from right to left, so the the % sign in front of the number, if you read from right to left, becomes actually after the number. One of my co-worker originally from Lebanon confirmed this. Kind regards, Dietrich -- Mr. Dietrich Rordorf MDPI Center Matthaeusstrasse 11 CH-4057 Basel Switzerland E-mail: rordorf@mdpi.org Skype: d.rordorf Tel. +41 61 683 77 34 (office) Tel. +41 76 561 41 83 (mobile) Fax +41 61 302 89 18 Steffen Wolfrum wrote:
Hi,
I have often seen (in arabic newpapers) the percentage sign set left to the number "% 18". Recently I read an article (http://sehstoerung.sonance.net/pdfs/ TitusNemeth_dissertation.pdf) that calls this "... the incorrect placement of the percentage sign".
Any native arabic speaker out there? Is it %18 or 18% ??
Thanks,
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