The hectare is used regularly in Canada to express the area of forested land (used by
paper and lumber companies, forest fire sizes, etc.), whereas the acre is still
exclusively used to express the area of farm land, commercial property, and
residential property. (aside: What is it about small
I was at a local restaurant on the weekend and was faced with a perfect example of how
the continued use of two distinctly different measurement systems have impacted on the
understanding of measurement in general.
I asked our server: "How many grams is the 10 ounce steak? I really don't
A new British pro-metric website has been put on the Net very recently!
http://www.ukmetrication.co.uk/
Go and visit it!
Han
Norman:
I'm not sure that the AP Style Book is at fault. From earlier postings, I
seem to remember that it presents SI correctly and doesn't suggest
conversion.
Now, AP practice is another thing.
Bill Potts, CMS
San Jose, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
-Original Message-
From:
2001-02-19
Very good site. We need to contact the author and get him to join the USMA
listserver.
Also, Chris and Bill can place a link to his site on theirs. We need
supporters like him on our side.
John
Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrtmlich glaubt
frei zu sein.
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From: "jpcarette" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, 2001-02-19 15:03
Subject: Why not one forum only [Yahoo! Clubs: Metric America]
How useful is it to keep two forum ongoing (Yahoo and Delphi). Wouldn't it
possible to concentrate on one only,
FW: Error at Italy news site
To all,
I sent them a message too, from a public computer, but I forgot to CC it, so
it has gone. Not only do they use ifp to accomodate only US English speakers
but they also target it *deliberately* at learners of English as a foreign
or second language.
They
The Irish Times seems to have another mindset than the Quislings of the
Italian agency. It uses the correct thermometric scale in this item and they
have it from AP.
Effects of global warming will be alarming - report
Global warming will have an alarming effect on the world over the next 100
