Comment on More Tech Start-Ups Call It QuitsparentComments−dantheman17yUnrelated question why do you put "MM" instead of "M" I've seen this before but don't know why it's done like that.−bobbyi17yIt's because M is the roman numeral for a thousand and a million is a thousand thousand. (Although it wouldn't actually be expressed that way with the real roman numeral system; MM would be two thousand).−pg17yProbably because M is already an abbreviation for thousand, e.g. CPM.−tptacek17yThat's true, but the AP Stylebook says $...M means million; I too have only seen this used among the MBA types.−tptacek17yI don't know, I cargo-culted it from the m-team types in my last couple companies. ;)−FlorinAndrei17yM&Ms.They were working for "peanuts".
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Unrelated question why do you put "MM" instead of "M" I've seen this before but don't know why it's done like that.
It's because M is the roman numeral for a thousand and a million is a thousand thousand. (Although it wouldn't actually be expressed that way with the real roman numeral system; MM would be two thousand).
Probably because M is already an abbreviation for thousand, e.g. CPM.
That's true, but the AP Stylebook says $...M means million; I too have only seen this used among the MBA types.
I don't know, I cargo-culted it from the m-team types in my last couple companies. ;)
M&Ms.
They were working for "peanuts".