# I'm confused, is "0.02¢" two cents or point zero two cents?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confused-is-0-02-two-cents-or-point-zero-two-cents/617784>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 4, 2012, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confused-is-0-02-two-cents-or-point-zero-two-cents/617784 "2012-04-04T06:28:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Crackrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Crackrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crackrat)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confused-is-0-02-two-cents-or-point-zero-two-cents/617784/21 "2012-04-06T06:40:54Z")

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> [@Acsenray](#):
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> :smack: Of course I knew that. What’s that law about getting things wrong in your own post correcting someone else?

[Gaudere’s law](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=41684)

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**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confused-is-0-02-two-cents-or-point-zero-two-cents/617784/22 "2012-04-06T07:14:53Z")

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> [@drewtwo99](#):
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> And VIN number, ATM machine, etc…

At least when you say either of those the redundancy isn’t immediately obvious. But how the hell does anyone who writes “$20 dollars” pronounce it in their heads as they write it? :smack:

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**Author:** ![Jake\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Jake\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake_Jones)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2012, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confused-is-0-02-two-cents-or-point-zero-two-cents/617784/23 "2012-04-06T08:56:42Z")

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> [@Rigamarole](#):
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> Ask Verizon.

What now, bitches?

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**Author:** ![thelabdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@thelabdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelabdude)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confused-is-0-02-two-cents-or-point-zero-two-cents/617784/24 "2012-04-07T00:31:12Z")

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This almost seems to belong in the ‘‘Surprised what people don’t know thread.’’ 0.02 cents clearly means $0.0002. Putting the dollar and cent signs in the same expression can only lead to confusion and lack of meaning. I am disappointed in Wiki.

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