Unfortunately that is not a fix. The BIPM says that SI 'is the modern form of the metric system'. Thus 'modern metric system' is a synonym for SI.
>Of John S. Ward >To fix this quandary, I suggest using the term "modern metric system" to >encompass SI units including units accepted for use with SI, with any prefix. >By this definition, liters, milliliters, hours, km/h, etc. are all part of >the modern metric system. Historical units like Torr, calories, dynes, and >ergs are not. > >John > >On Thursday 06 November 2003 18:02, Terry Simpson wrote: >>However, my experience of the general public is that the term of choice is >>the undefined term 'metric system' rather than the strictly defined term >>'SI'. So the scenario that you are suggesting appears unlikely to me. I can >>easily imagine a scenario whereby a member of the public says that the >>litre is 'metric'. I cannot imagine myself challenging that. >> >>There is no authoritative reference that defines 'metric'. It appears to be >>inconsistent colloquial usage. Most people will probably say that the litre >>(BIPM table 6) is metric but the hour (also table 6) is not. However put >>hour with km as in 'km/h' and the whole thing is regarded metric. It just >>goes to show that people use fuzzy logic.
