On Friday 24 March 2006 15:42, Martin Vlietstra wrote: > According to Chambers Dictionary, the noun "metrics" is the "theory of > measurement". > > Does this mean that the American version of the book has been really dumbed > down? :-)
A metric, if I figured the meaning out right, is a computable number used to quantify something which may not be obviously quantifiable. In this sense, "metrics" is used with a plural verb. phma
