Bill, I wasn't taking it critically, since it's something I'm working on getting rid of. I think part of it is having seen it written as $.75 or some other thing so many times that it kind of stuck. Very rarely at work we have something priced less than a dollar and it's almost always written in the $.00 format.
Aside from it being incorrect, it doesn't bother me nearly as much as people that write things as 99.00$ or refer to a company as a 10$ billion dollar company. Maybe we can get rid of that habit while convincing people to switch to SI gradually Mike On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Bill Potts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mike: > > Please note that I'm simply reinforcing what you've already realized. > It occurs to me that the way I stated it may make it look like a criticism. > > Bill > ------------------------------ > Bill Potts > Roseville, CA > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *Bill Potts > *Sent:* Monday, May 19, 2008 12:56 > *To:* U.S. Metric Association > *Subject:* [USMA:40941] Re: U.S. gasoline price approaches $1 per liter > > Mike: > > "$.97 cents" is wrong for more than one reason. First, it contains two > contradictory units; second, it has a "naked" decimal point; third .97 (or, > more correctly 0.97) is less than 1. The only correct forms are $0.97 and 97 > cents. > > Of course, as I constantly emphasize, units of currency have absolutely > nothing to do with SI. > > See also Martin's response. > > Bill > ------------------------------ > Bill Potts > Roseville, CA > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *Mike Millet > *Sent:* Monday, May 19, 2008 11:00 > *To:* U.S. Metric Association > *Subject:* [USMA:40940] Re: U.S. gasoline price approaches $1 per liter > > Sorry about that Martin, when I took the whole decimal math thing in school > they told us that although $0.97 was correct $.97 cents could be used > informally as it was understood to mean the same thing. I'm trying to > correct my habit but old ones die hard :) > > Mike > > > On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Martin Vlietstra < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi Mike, >> >> >> >> May I respectfully correct you – it is $0.97 per liter. >> >> >> >> Regards >> >> >> >> Martin >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On >> Behalf Of *Mike Millet >> *Sent:* 19 May 2008 04:14 >> *To:* U.S. Metric Association >> *Subject:* [USMA:40933] Re: U.S. gasoline price approaches $1 per liter >> >> >> >> Here in my state its US $.97/liter but a week ago it was around US >> $.82/liter so it's climbing fast. I fully expect $1.25 a liter or so as the >> summer continues and it'll probably only drop to around 90 cents per liter >> once the summer driving season ends. Makes me glad I drive a Honda Civic. >> >> Mike >> >> On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 2:34 PM, John Woelflein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >> It is already over 1$/L in New Hampshire. >> >> >> >> On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 4:06 PM, Martin Vlietstra < >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> … while here in the UK it is over £1 / litre >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On >> Behalf Of *Parker Willey Jr. >> *Sent:* 18 May 2008 04:37 >> *To:* U.S. Metric Association >> *Subject:* [USMA:40926] Re: U.S. gasoline price approaches $1 per liter >> >> >> >> Here in California, the price of car fuel exceeded $1 per litre about a >> month ago. >> >> Parker Willey Jr. >> >> David King wrote: >> >> Here in the UK, car fuel (called petrol here) is already at £1 per litre. >> Which is about $1.90. >> >> David King >> *Metric is British and best!* Speak in English, Measure in Metric >> >> >> >> Paul Trusten, R.Ph. wrote: >> >> One gallon equals about 3.785 L. According to the American Automobile >> >> Association, the average price of that much regular gasoline in the U.S. is >> now >> >> $3.776. When it reaches $3.785, the price will be $1/L. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> "The boy is dangerous, they all sense it why can't you?" >> >> (\__/) >> (='.'=)This is Bunny. Copy and paste bunny into your >> (")_(")signature to help him gain world domination. >> > > > > -- > "The boy is dangerous, they all sense it why can't you?" > > (\__/) > (='.'=)This is Bunny. Copy and paste bunny into your > (")_(")signature to help him gain world domination. > > -- "The boy is dangerous, they all sense it why can't you?" (\__/) (='.'=)This is Bunny. Copy and paste bunny into your (")_(")signature to help him gain world domination.
