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Time for y'all to listen to this again:
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005
20:03
Subject: [USMA:35416] Re: Roman
numerals
On 2005 Dec 14 , at 7:43 PM, Scott Hudnall wrote:
Roman numerals,
eh? Get rid of them!
I
agree! When my physics students wrote reports and use Roman numerals to
designate different sections, I would write:
"Ancient Roman numerals
should be used only by ancient Romans."
If the report had to be
corrected in other ways, I would require them to "correct" the roman numerals,
too, by changing them to Arabic numerals. (I didn't ever require that they
rewrite a report JUST to correct Roman numerals.)
Scott said he only
sees Roman numerals on movie copyrights. Unfortunately, I see them in much
more widely seen places.
You don't think "Super Bowl XL"
means "Super
Bowl Excel" or something, do you?
Regards,
Bill
Hooper
Fernandina Beach, Florida,
USA
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Ancient
Roman numerals should be used only by ancient
Romans.
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