I noticed something interesting about that ad. There is some room for disagreement over 147 kW (space before unit) and 147kW (no space). British and Australian practice differ from American and French (for example) practice in that respect. However, the writer of the ad has disregarded normal grammatical rules in writing 2.4litre. Litre is an English word, not a symbol, and is subject to normal syntactical rules.
I notice, also, that he/she has used "sec." rather than the correct SI unit, s. Of course, the writer would have been better off choosing to use all unit names or all unit symbols, rather than the hodgepodge he/she did choose. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On >Behalf Of Mike Joy >Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 22:11 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:24108] Road Test > > >Hi all, > >Attached is a clip from today's local paper showing that car makers seem to >be complying to some kind of standards now. (Note, $1 = 55 US cents) > >One assumes that to report the same car, the US media has to get out their >abaci and work out all these values to FFUs somehow. > >As you've guessed, I'm not a great lover of the US media as it is THEY who >are keeping you guys in the 19th century. > >Regards > >Mike >Perth, Australia >
