kilopascal wrote: > > 2001-09-09 > > It seems from the link Nat provided, this guy's main beef is with using the > word "times" when used describe something "less than". > > http://www.uexpress.com/coveringthecourts/ > > I'm sorry, but I have no trouble understanding that when something is 5 > times less than something else, that means the same thing as 0.2 or 20 %. > If he and others have trouble, that is their problem. ... Then I reckon I'll have to come to grips with being a person who has a problem with this type of construction. Perhaps it's because I read more scientific literature than newspapers; the journals I read do not use it. Nor do I allow students to use it in their lab reports. I'm not being sarcastic about your opinion, John; I'm merely reporting my understanding (or lack thereof) of that construction and the possible reason for it. Clear alternatives to its use are readily available so I don't care to change my opinion about this construction. Therefore there is no use in trying to sway me. Jim -- Metric Methods(SM) "Don't be late to metricate!" James R. Frysinger, CAMS http://www.metricmethods.com/ 10 Captiva Row e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charleston, SC 29407 phone/FAX: 843.225.6789
