Absolutely! The NIST documents are great. I would also recommend not showing U.S. readers any documents that use the spelling "-metre" - not if we want to persuade them.
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 22:55:10 -0500 (CDT) > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Subject: [USMA:41375] SI for Editors > > Bill, > > In e-mail promoting SI to editors in the USA, the *availability* of NIST SP > 330 and of SP 811 from the Internet is worthy of recommendation. > > These two sources are missing from your discussion of symbols vs. > abbreviations. Editors in the USA might be more responsive to these two NIST > documents than to the BIPM booklet, especially if they encounter the French > version. > > Gene. >
