Dennis Brownridge wrote:
> is the simplest, most legible, and easiest to read system. It is the most
> common layout in BOTH the U.S. and Europe. For example, 365 would be
> pronounced "three sixty-five" meaning BOTH "three [hundred] sixty-five
> [centimeters]" and "three [point] sixty-five [meters]". You can record it
> either way without changing the way you pronounce it. No mental exercise
> required.
Given that sixty-five is an integer (i.e., saying it that way implies that
it lies to the left of the decimal point), "three point sixty-five" is an
arithmetically unsound construction (one I hear journalists constantly
using). With such construction, "point ten" would seem to follow "point
nine," when we all know that 0.10 (zero point one zero) is simply a more
precise rendition of 0.1 (zero point one) and is only one ninth the size of
point nine.
So, can we agree to say "three point six five" for 3.65? <g>
Bill Potts, CMS
San Jose, CA
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