Agreed! SI advocates do their cause a disservice when they wage guerilla warfare against language itself.
Patrick O. Moore engineering book editor [End] From: "Robert H. Bushnell" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Reply-To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: Monday, January 6, 2014 11:35 AM To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Cc: USMA <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: [USMA:53494] Quantity in SI and 9th draft 2014 Jan 6 Dear Barry, Thanks for posting the web address for the draft 9th SI. I have long been concerned about the use of the word quantity in SI. To me quantity means amount. I think the public also thinks quantity means amount, that is, how much. In the draft, including the history part, I find no text saying why this word quantity is used. So, who can tell me? I propose that quantity be deleted and the word property be used instead. There might be another English word to use. Somebody tell me what to use. Property is what units are about. "Property" is used throughout the text so this change is not easy but let's do it. We have confused the public too long. Robert H. Bushnell PhD PE member USMA [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 502 Ord Drive Boulder. CO 80303-4732 303-554-0728
