The Associated Press has begun accepting orders for the 2012 edition of their Stylebook, the source of most metric usage errors in the media. At $20.95 + $7.95 S&H, I am not rushing to buy. (Last year, I got a discount through Amazon later in the summer). If any USMA member has access to the 2012 edition through their organization, I would very much appreciate feedback on whether they have made any of the seven corrections I recommended last year. My full letter is a Word attachment to USMA 50894, still available on the archive. A simple summary of the recommendations, which may be used as a checklist is:
Bibliography: No authoritative metric reference, consider NIST SP330 Kelvin: Offset to degrees Celsius is incorrect, should be 273.15 degrees Kilometer per hour: Abbreviation "kph" is wrong, should be "km/h" Kilowatt hour: Abbreviation "kwh" is wrong, should be "kWh" Liter: Definition is obsolete, properly defined as 1 cubic decimeter Nuclear terminology: The "standard" units given are obsolete and need update Track and field: Needs correct metric examples for field events NOTE: On the nuclear point, gray, sievert, and coulomb per kilogram should replace rad, rem, roentgen. If anyone is able to check these for me, thanks in advance.
