Associated Press article. The copy editor is following the stylebook. Carleton
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 15:14 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:53176] Dual Measurements in News Articles I notice how American editors contort news articles every time something is measured; typically downgrading SI to parenthetical mention, but this Yahoo article http://news.yahoo.com/train-kills-37-pilgrims-eastern-india-103334145.html from India three times does the reverse: . . . train stopped a few hundred meters (yards) beyond . . . who walked nine kilometers (six miles) from the accident. . . Dhamara Ghat is about 280 kilometers (175 miles) north of Patna . . . I wish this downgrade of non-SI units would become a trend in US media. David Pearl MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917
