For the syntax geeks

Which of these is correct please?

1. £4370.60

or

2. £4,370.60

Am sending a letter to a pedant who will object if I get it wrong.

Ta

Ed

[timwilky]

I would always use syntax 2 on my fee notes.

Either

Personally I'd go with number 2 but I don't think that's necessarily any more or less correct. And I'm a pedant

Hmmmm

http://www.grammarbook.com/numbers/numbers.asp

"Rule 7. With numbers that have decimal points, use a comma only when the number has five or more digits before the decimal point. Place the comma in front of the third digit to the left of the decimal point. When writing out such numbers, use the comma where it would appear in the figure format. Use the word and where the decimal point appears in the figure format. Examples:






Examples:
$15,768.13: Fifteen thousand, seven hundred sixty-eight dollars and thirteen cents
$1054.21: One thousand fifty-four dollars and twenty-one cents
Note: If the number has no decimal point, authorities disagree on whether to begin using the comma with four-digit numbers or to begin using the comma with five-digit numbers. When writing out these numbers, I recommend using the comma where it appears in the numerical form.
1,054 schools OR 1054 schools: one thousand, fifty-four schools OR one thousand fifty-four schools
12,154 schools: twelve thousand, one hundred fifty-four schools


EDIT: Though this seems a bit American so not sure I trust it

I seem to recall being told at school that the "british way" was to use the comma to denote thousands, millions etc and the "american way" to do without.

He'll probably even get grumpy with you signing your letters:

"Ta


Ed"

There's simply no pleasing some people

Or.....

http://www.howtolearnenglish.co.uk/l...mi-colons.html

"
Commas And Numbers

In English, numbers after 999 are separated using commas. Commas separate the numbers, whereas periods (full stops) separate the decimals.

• 1,000
• 1,567
• 1,399,500"

To Confuse things...

I'd choose the second one. I was always told at school to put in a comma before each group of three digits. Is it really important that the pedant doesn't object? If he's going to object to something this trivial, then he's probably so far up his own backside that he'll never see daylight again.

[fizzwheel]

On a spreadsheet then I'd use Option 1, But if writing figures down in a letter or on an invoice then I would use Option 2.

I'm not sure whether I am correct or not though...

I was taught to use a comma. But it looks fussy and old fashioned. I like a modern, crisp approach.