I think that the rationale is that one would write “500 millilitres”, so one writes “500 mL”, preferably with a non-breaking space.
From: USMA [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian White Sent: 27 October 2020 14:08 To: Ressel, Howard R (DOT) Cc: USMA List Server Subject: [USMA 1581] Re: And now for something completely different I never liked the space. 1.5L vs 1.5 L. 500mL vs 500 mL. On Oct 27, 2020, at 05:21, Ressel, Howard R (DOT) <[email protected]> wrote: Interesting, we had metric milk for a while years ago (Wegmans) but the new bottles were not very well received (not because of the metric labels) so they went back to the traditional packages. Too bad they changed too many things at once. It be interesting to see if the filling machine for the milk on the right is calibrated in Liters, assuming the fill volume is metric, someone should write them and suggest the 1.5 L go first as it is obviously the standard measurement on the package vs the equivalent in oz. The actual volume should always go first with the equivalent second. Also the need to add a space after the 1.5 but one problem at a time. Howard From: USMA <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mark Henschel Sent: Monday, October 26, 2020 6:22 PM To: USMA List Server <[email protected]>; Don Hillger <[email protected]>; Benham, Elizabeth (Fed) <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA 1574] And now for something completely different ATTENTION: This email came from an external source. Do not open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails. Now remember how tightly regulated milk is, and yet here we see both 1.74 (could be 1.75 with a little more fill) and 1.5 liter sizes. In both cases, the silly numbers are the ounce designations, not the metric designations. _______________________________________________ USMA mailing list [email protected] https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma
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