On Thu, 27 Jun 2002 12:03:04 Pat Naughtin wrote: >Dear Jim, Marcus, and All, > >I have interspersed some remarks. > >> At 09:04 AM 24 June 2002 -0700, Ma Be wrote: >>> Now, what happened here is perhaps the real crux of the question. Why is >>> it that these "professionals" (media people) seem to *notably* "not fall >>> in line" with other types of professionals, like scientists, for instance, >>> when it comes to writing SI units? And I'm not talking about "literary >>> stuff", Jim, since there simply cannot be any "literary" value in using >>> 500ml instead of 500 ml, for instance... ;-) > >However, 500l and 500L are about literary stuff since the meaning is >potentially changed, whereas with 500 l and 500 L the potential for >misinterpretation is reduced to near zero. > Just a small side note to say that that's not exactly what I had in mind with my comment, Pat. What I meant was that there is no literary meaning in the popular jargon sense. You're evidently absolutely right in calling the attention to the fact that a space in this case would make a huge difference. In addition, my example (without a space) was not aimed at highlighting this particular problem in the media. >... >Thanks for the opportunity to develop some thoughts on these issues. I will >give them some further thought and maybe take some of them up with the >relevant Australian education authorities. >... Excellent initiative, Pat. Good luck there.
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