Show th decimal point in france and germany reduced to a decimal is written in england it is written 0 25 in tho united states it is always written either or simply written 25 without the naught in the first two countries the period is never used always thol comma while english writers use the period they never put it at the bottom of the line as we do but always use it thus this style ia said to have been introduced by sir isaac newton who placed it at the top of the line to distinguish it from the punctuation mark it J |