Bill Potts wrote: > I'm not sure why you keep inserting the word "form."
I did not insert the word 'form'. It is a quote and not my words! I had hoped that the quote symbols would help. I seem to have difficulty communicating when I use quote symbols, it has happened before on this list. I will try another method using square brackets. [Begin quote] "...the International System of Units (SI), which is the modern form of the metric system." [End quote] The quote is from: http://www.bipm.fr/pdf/si-brochure.pdf I would have worded it differently. In fact the French version (i.e. the official version) could be interpreted to mean 'latest' or 'current'. >SI is the modern metric system. We often express it as "modern metric >system (SI)." Thank you. That is almost a 'yes' to my question. >Those older cgs and mks units that are not included in SI are >still metric. They are not units of the modern metric system (SI), >but they are metric, nonetheless. I understand that there were predecessors to the modern metric system which were also metric.
