Not only do they not leave the space between the number and the symbol, but their use of "-" and "+" leaves something to be desired - the text
"Women -49kg Preliminary Round of 16" suggests something to do with negative mass, though I suppose that it is a slap-dash way of writing "less than". -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Trusten, R.Ph. Sent: 20 August 2008 03:51 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:41601] Olympic events All in metric, but sometimes I think we folks here on this list are the only ones who know to leave the space between the value and the unit symbol. The world doesn't go for it: http://hosted.stats.com/olympics/schedule.asp?sport=TAE -- Paul Trusten, R.Ph. Public Relations Director U.S. Metric Association (USMA), Inc. www.metric.org 3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apartment 122 Midland TX 79707-2872 USA +1(432)528-7724 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
