PunctuationCrazed
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The Chicago Manual of Style lists "$3–$5 million" for a range.
If we go a step further, would the following work?
a $3–$5 million a year contract
a $50–$100 million per year industry
I don't think "million" needs to be used twice in these phrases, e.g., a $3 million –$5 million a year contract, because I don't think anybody in this world would interpret $3 to mean "three dollars" in the first example, or $50 to mean "fifty dollars" in the second example. Agreed?
So are my two original examples above punctuated correctly?
Thank you.
If we go a step further, would the following work?
a $3–$5 million a year contract
a $50–$100 million per year industry
I don't think "million" needs to be used twice in these phrases, e.g., a $3 million –$5 million a year contract, because I don't think anybody in this world would interpret $3 to mean "three dollars" in the first example, or $50 to mean "fifty dollars" in the second example. Agreed?
So are my two original examples above punctuated correctly?
Thank you.