It's that AP Stylebook again. Someone put this egregious error into the "kilometer" section of the glossary in that book. And the editors are going to follow that stylebook, right or wrong (most probably don't even realize it's wrong).
Carleton ----- Original Message ----- From: To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 8:37:50 AM Subject: [USMA:50761] Reporting on China's Bullet train Kudos to the BBC for doing it right (300 km/h): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13927660 Brickbats to AP for being wrong as usual (300 kph): http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gEKiNdpV9Zxh3kWJQPpw7fAgFtkA?docId=8ccc0ee939e84046874409835923e35b
