Regarding color, they spell it the American way lower down, under "Broader
color spectrum."

However, until I saw the US address at the bottom I thought, based on the
price, that it was in either Canadian or Australian dollars. Even the
discounted price of $3299 US is far too much for that size screen. I guess
slenderizing comes at a price.

Bill
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Bill Potts
WFP Consulting
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] 


-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of Michael Palumbo
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 15:37
To: U.S. Metric Association
Cc: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:43265] Re: Semi-Metric JR Ad


I see it done less with customary, because they often spell the units 
out, i.e. 36 inches, not 36 in., therefore making the space more necessary.

As for the email copy, it seems to me that it was copied out of a 
British press release.  Note the spelling of color as colour.  J&R is a 
NYC-based retailer.  Clicking the link through to their website shows 
the following copy:
"measuring 9.9mm thin (less than 1/2 inch) and it weighs at about 26 pounds"

D'oh!

Paul Trusten wrote:
> ...except for leaving a space between the unit value and the unit 
> symbol (e.g., 15 kg). It just occurred to me that, perhaps people 
> leave out the space because they think they are performing an 
> algebraic multiplication. No matter what the reason, I find it almost 
> rare that people get this right. Somehow,  I don't think they do it as 
> often with inch-pound units. Or, do they?
>

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