Try checking an authoritative source, like the BIPM before insisting Americans has some sort of derogation based on their claimed exceptionalism.
Here is a style guide from the US construction industry: https://www.wbdg.org/ccb/VA/VAMETRIC/guide.pdf Rules for Writing Numbers - Always use decimals, not fractions (write 0.75 g, not ¾g). - Use a zero before the decimal marker for values less than one (write 0.45 g, not .45 g). - Use spaces instead of commas to separate blocks of three digits for any number over four digits (write 45 138 kg or 0.004 46 kg or 4371 kg). Note that this does not apply to the expression of amounts of money. - In the United States, the decimal marker is a period; in other countries a comma usually is used See also 5.3.4 from the NIST guide: http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP330/sp330.pdf Under what authority do you operate under that gives you the right to break the rules? Those who want to do things their way and think they are exceptional are the real dunces. From: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, 2014-07-13 22:51 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:54114] RE: Don't be a dunce! Harold. Americans use commas or spaces. We love our freedom. ----- Message from Harold_Potsdamer <[email protected]> --------- Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 20:07:41 -0400 From: Harold_Potsdamer <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: [USMA:54113] RE: Don't be a dunce! To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Not only that, commas dividing thousands which should be spaces. From: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, 2014-07-13 14:26 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:54111] RE: Don't be a dunce! No zeroes on the leading decimals? Tsk tsk tsk. :) -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [USMA:54110] Don't be a dunce! From: [email protected] Date: Sun, July 13, 2014 11:22 am To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Posted on Facebook and Twitter today: Don't be a dunce! http://MetricPioneer.com/Metrication-America David Pearl www.MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917 ----- End message from Harold_Potsdamer <[email protected]> ----- David Pearl www.MetricPioneer.com 503-428-4917
