----- Original Message ----- From: "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: December 14, 2001 02:12 Subject: [USMA:16636] RE: Metric in the news
> It is the same difference in English between 'square units' and 'units > square'. An area kan measure 20 km2 (20 vierkante kilometer) or it can > measure 20 km square (20 km in het vierkant). And the latter is 20 by 20 km! I don't know about other people, but I would be more prone to say "20 km squared" not square. I would say 20 square kilometres, though. (2 km x 10 km). Stephen
