The quoted paragraph below is a beautiful example of the advanatage of spelling the SI length unit as "metre" while spelling a device that measures something "meter".

On 2004 May 18 , at 6:37 AM, Terry Simpson wrote,
quoting "Ofgem", a government agency in the UK:
It is estimated that about 75% of the gas meters in service register
in cubic feet, the rest in cubic metres. All meters stamped for use by
Ofgem over the last three years have measured in cubic metres and
meters measuring in cubic feet are no longer available.

There are 3 meters (devices) and 2 metres SI units (in "cubic metres") in a short two sentence paragraph.

The distinction between the two is clarified by the difference in spelling.

Regards,
Bill Hooper
Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA
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