John F-Lord, sir:>.....But saying either 1.82 m or 182 cm is equally valid..Technically there is NO problem, BUT confusion: the statement be said:(a) 1.82m be spoken: One Metre 8..2 (centimetre) - parenthesis may be removed when speaking for short - to save time;(b) 182 cm seems valid if spoken as "one eighty-two centimetres". I am not agrammer expert, however, but confusion can be reduced.Regards, Sunday, 2013 February 03H21:59(decimal)EST Brij Bhushan Vij
Aa Nau Bhadra Kritvo Yantu Vishwatah -Rg Veda The Astronomical Poem (revised number of days in any month) "30 days has July,September, April, June, November and December all the rest have 31 except February which has 29 except on years divisible evenly by 4; except when YEAR divisible by 128 and 3200 - as long as you remember that "October (meaning 8) is the 10th month; and December (meaning 10) is the 12th BUT has 30 days & ONE OUTSIDE of calendar-format" Jan:31; Feb:29; Mar:31; Apr:30; May:31; Jun:30 Jul:30; Aug:31; Sep:30; Oct:31; Nov:30; Dec:30 (365th day of Year is World Day) ******As per Kali V-GRhymeCalendaar***** "Koi bhi cheshtha vayarth nahin hoti, purshaarth karne mein hai" My Profile - http://www.brijvij.com/bbv_2col-vipBrief.pdf Author had NO interaction with The World Calendar Association except via Media & Organisations to who I contributed for A Possible World Calendar, since 1971. HOME PAGE: http://www.brijvij.com/ Contact via E-mail: [email protected] OR "GAYATRI LOK" Flat # 3013/3rd Floor NH-58, Kankhal Bypass, Dev-Bhoomi, HARIDWAR-249408 (Uttrakhand - INDIA) From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [USMA:52302] Re: The Metric System, the United States of America, and Scientific Literacy | Sci-Ed Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2013 23:04:42 +0000 With no link to the article, I cannot determine in what context the opening statement was made. But saying either 1.82 m or 182 cm is equally valid. In both cases, it can be verbally expressed as ‘one-eighty-two’. I don’t see a problem. John F-L From: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 10:55 PM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:52301] Re: The Metric System, the United States of America, and Scientific Literacy | Sci-Ed The article starts off with: "Here’s a quick quiz: I weigh 71 kilograms, and am about 1.82 meters tall" I think the common way of measuring human height is, for example, 182 cm, but not as the example given in the article. I think the person writing the article should have done a little more research before getting off on the wrong foot. David Pearl MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917 > Very timely and the writer works at the Smithsonian! Great comics > > http://blogs.plos.org/scied/2013/01/28/the-metric-system-united-states-of-america-and-scientific-literacy/ > > > Sent from my iPad > > No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2897 / Virus Database: 2639/6072 - Release Date: 01/31/13
