2001-07-08
Check out the guardian style guide. Look up various metric terms and check
for correctness. Note some examples below. Wrong use of symbol for
kilowatt. Use of term abbreviate instead of symbol. don't use mega because
it is "horrible". Maybe some one should contact hem and tell them their
style guide is horrible.
The Guardian also puts its house style guide on its website at:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/styleguide/
Under M for metric system:
kilogram, kilometre, kilowatt
abbreviate as follows: kg, km, kw
mega
horrible; do not use
metric system
The Guardian uses the metric system for weights and measures; exceptions are
the mile and the pint.
Since understanding of the two systems is a matter of generations,
conversions (in brackets) to imperial units should be provided wherever this
seems useful. Imperial units in quoted matter should be retained, and
converted to metric [in square brackets].
It is not necessary to convert moderate distances between metres and yards,
which are close enough for rough and ready purposes, or small domestic
quantities: two litres of wine, a kilogram of sugar, a couple of pounds of
apples, a few inches of string. Small units should be converted when
precision is required: 44mm (1.7in) of rain fell in two hours. Tons and
tonnes (metric) are also close enough for most purposes to do without
conversion. Body weights and heights should always be converted in brackets:
metres
to feet and inches, kg to stones and pounds. Geographical heights and
depths, of people, buildings, monuments etc, should be converted, metres to
feet.
In square measurement, land is given in sq. metres, hectares and sq. km;
with sq. yards, acres or sq.'s miles in brackets. The floor areas of
buildings are conventionally expressed in sq. metres or sq.'s ft.
John
Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der irrt�mlich glaubt
frei zu sein.
There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely believe they
are free!
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
