on 22.12.2000 06.44, Nat Hager III at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> ...
> Even though it's all the same $0.10/liter chemicals, with varying amounts of
> perfume and marketing hype.
>
Dear Nat and All,
Wouldn't it be better to write this as 0.10 $/L rather than $0.10/liter.
My suggestion is based on:
+ The symbol '$' is a well known and accepted unit symbol for the quantity
'money'.
+ The symbol '$' has no special features, as a unit symbol, that mean it
should be placed before its numerical value - except perhaps on a cheque or
in a contract - and neither of these occasions apply here.
+ The symbol '$' can be very useful (and save a lot of confusion and ink)
when it is used for large sums of money, for example 2 M$ is a lot shorter
and simpler than $2mill or any other randomly generated abbreviation.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin CAMS
Geelong, Australia
