Re: Is 1,5 singular or plural ?

On Feb 10, 10:51 am, Athel Cornish-Bowden <athel...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On 2009-02-10 17:07:30 +0100, Cece <ceceliaarmstr...@xxxxxxxxx> said:

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http://www.sizes.com/units/si_writtenusage.htm#plurals

OK (especially as they agree with me), but what authority do they have?

--
athel

NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology), a department or
bureau or somesuch of the US government. Here's the NIST Guide to SI:
http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/

Isn't _Sizes_ easier to understand?
.

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