Writing ,9 is as ugly and wrong as writing .9 is. It flies in the face of international standardization. The only correct forms are 0,9 or 0.9, depending of where you live. NO to 'naked decimal fractions'!
Han ---- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Ossipov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 2003-11-24 2:38 Subject: [USMA:27656] Re: Fwd: [Fwd: JCAHO "Do Not Use" List: Abbreviations, Acronyms and Symbols] > Well, well. > > good news that someone has finally payed attention to the leading zero and correct units. > > I would also strictly introduce a decimal comma instead of a point. > > why? > 1. most of the earth pop. use a comma > 2. a comma will be seen always and not the lousy tiny point e.g.: .9 mg (reads for me as 9 mg) or ,9 mg ( I can clearly see the comma and think about the meaning! > > bye
