# $100 dollars or just $100? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 30, 2005, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-dollars-or-just-100/324142 "2005-09-30T02:39:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-dollars-or-just-100/324142/21 "2005-09-30T15:56:35Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > Since the code “USD” means “US Dollars”, I think “$100 USD” is redundant: I’d write it as “USD 100” or “100 USD” – and the same with “GBP 100” or “100 GBP”, leaving off the “£”. I agree. I’ve also seen “US$100” in use. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-dollars-or-just-100/324142/22 "2005-09-30T15:57:17Z")
> [@FatBaldGuy](#): > > How about “I got $100 dollars out of the ATM machine by using my PIN number?” No. “I got $100 out of the ATM by using my PIN” The $100 dollars is redundant So is ATM machine So is PIN number ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-dollars-or-just-100/324142/23 "2005-09-30T16:10:31Z")
> [@FatBaldGuy](#): > > How about “I got $100 dollars out of the ATM machine by using my PIN number?” To make that sentence correct, you must also include your PIN and send me your ATM card. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-dollars-or-just-100/324142/24 "2005-09-30T16:12:35Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > No. > > “I got $100 out of the ATM by using my PIN” > > The $100 dollars is redundant > So is ATM machine > So is PIN number That sound you hear is a whoosh. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-dollars-or-just-100/324142/25 "2005-09-30T16:21:04Z")
Similarly, it is Dr John Smith or John Smith, MD but never Dr John Smith, MD. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-dollars-or-just-100/324142/26 "2005-09-30T16:48:05Z")
> [@Fabulous Creature](#): > > That sound you hear is a whoosh. The original post was: > [@FatBaldGuy](#): > > How about “I got $100 dollars out of the ATM machine by using my PIN number?” There are three redundancies in that sentance. I corrected them. ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-dollars-or-just-100/324142/27 "2005-09-30T17:21:34Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > The original post was: > > There are three redundancies in that sentance. I corrected them. Sorry, **Gabe** , maybe I should have used a smiley in my post, but I thought it would be obvious that I was being repetitiously redundant by saying the same thing over and over again repeatedly. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-dollars-or-just-100/324142/28 "2005-09-30T17:30:04Z")
Anyone want a nice hot slice of pizza pie? ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-dollars-or-just-100/324142/29 "2005-09-30T17:52:38Z")
> [@CynicalGabe](#): > > There are three redundancies in that sentance. I corrected them. Yeah but FatBaldGuy knew that, that’s why he posted it. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-dollars-or-just-100/324142/30 "2005-09-30T17:58:23Z")
> [@vetbridge](#): > > Similarly, it is Dr John Smith or John Smith, MD but never Dr John Smith, MD. I have to question that. MD is not redundant, it’s new information. My mother is Dr Betenoir’s Mom, PhD. not MD. Of course you could say John Smith, MD contains all the necessary information, but there are cases where a title would normally be used (Mr, Mrs, Ms) in which case it would make more sense to include the Dr as well if that’s what they usually go by. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-dollars-or-just-100/324142/31 "2005-09-30T18:40:46Z")
> [@FatBaldGuy](#): > > Sorry, **Gabe** , maybe I should have used a smiley in my post, but I thought it would be obvious that I was being repetitiously redundant by saying the same thing over and over again repeatedly. Aha! So _I’ve_ been whooshed! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-dollars-or-just-100/324142/32 "2005-09-30T18:55:14Z")
> [@FatBaldGuy](#): > > Sorry, **Gabe** , maybe I should have used a smiley in my post, but I thought it would be obvious that I was being repetitiously redundant by saying the same thing over and over again repeatedly. I think there’s a “one more time, ad infinitum” left out at the end of that sentence, just to make it clearer and easier to understand. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-dollars-or-just-100/324142/33 "2005-09-30T19:32:11Z")
> [@MLS](#): > > IMHO, no. Not just IYHO…it’s absolute fact that $100 Dollars is wrong. But I do get confused about a related issue, which is what to do when you’re using national qualifiers like AUD, CDN, or USD. Then do you do this? USD $100 or this? USD 100 or this? $100 USD ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-dollars-or-just-100/324142/34 "2005-09-30T21:24:11Z")
> [@betenoir](#): > > I have to question that. MD is not redundant, it’s new information. My mother is Dr Betenoir’s Mom, PhD. not MD. Of course you could say John Smith, MD contains all the necessary information, but there are cases where a title would normally be used (Mr, Mrs, Ms) in which case it would make more sense to include the Dr as well if that’s what they usually go by. From [http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/abbreviations.htm](http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/abbreviations.htm) > [@](#): > > All sources advise against using titles before and after a name at the same time (i.e., she can be Dr. Juanita Espinoza or Juanita Espinoza, PhD, but she cannot be Dr. Juanita Espinoza, PhD). And we do not abbreviate a title that isn’t attached to a name: “We went to see the doctor (not dr.) yesterday.” ---
**Author:** ![6\_6\_6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e0b2c6/32.png) [@6\_6\_6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6_6_6)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-dollars-or-just-100/324142/35 "2005-09-30T21:39:03Z")
> [@feppytweed](#): > > …It’s €5, not €5 euro… Unless you’re in France or some other countries where it’s written as 5€ :mad: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-dollars-or-just-100/324142.md?page=1)