And herein is a problem when using spaces to seperate the thousands. (The
other one is where a line is broken around a carriage return/line-feed)
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [USMA:47627] RE: Measurement train wreck
> Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 21:37:52 -0400
>
>
> More likely it was a typesetting error, where "4 750ml bottles" was
> intended. 4 x 750 ml - 3 liters.
>
> Carleton
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
> Of James R. Frysinger
> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 20:03
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:47621] Measurement train wreck
>
>
> The July Consumer Reports issue (Consumer's Union, CU) features a blurb
> on the inside back cover regarding boxed wine. This is the location in
> the magazine that features labeling "gotchas".
>
> The one of interest here is for a wine box of Cabernet Sauvignon and the
> label states "3L Box = 4,750 Bottles". The CU reply is "That's one big box".
>
> First, I suspected that the comma was actually a decimal mark, making
> the meaning "4.750 Bottles". But if those are 750 mL bottles, only four
> of them would be required to contain 3 L of wine. So, the company may
> have used a comma as the decimal mark but also, perhaps, messed up their
> division of (3 L)/(0.75 L). No brand name is given for this box of wine.
>
> Jim
>
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