Is "for" the right word?

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hello! is "for" correct in this sentence??He issued an invoice for EUR 20 987.Thank you!

Rover_KE · Accepted Answer

Yes, but the sentence should end '...for €20,987' or '...for 20,987 euros'.

Fivejedjon · Answer

Rover_KEYes, but the sentence should end '...for €20,987' or '...for 20,987 euros'.

That does depend on which country you re writing in.

'Twenty thousand, nine hundred and eighty-seven euros' is written in figures as €20,987 or €20,987.00 in Britain. In many countries on the continent it is written, even in English--language texts, as €20.987 or €20.987,00.

So, for a continental European, €20.987 means 'nearly twenty-one euros'; for a Brit, it means 'nearly twenty-one thousand euros'.

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