[ARC5] SI Units - Careless Errors Abound

[J. Forster]

Mike,

Your addition of [with] changes the meaning from correct to incorrect.

-John

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>
>> mHz is correct for millihertz. It is used, and correctly.
>
> True, as my note explained.  However, when was the last time someone
> you knew used mHz and actually meant millihertz.  Limiting ourselves
> for the moment to this list only, my money says never.
>
>> I believe, to simplify things, when a quantity is named after a person,
>> it
>> is correct to capitalize.
>
> True for the unit symbol or abbreviation, as my note explained.
>
>> When it's [with] a multiplier, it is lower case.
>
> You are stating that when the unit symbol follows a prefix representing
> some
> multiple or fraction, the unit symbol may be lower case.  That is NOT
> correct
> if the unit symbol represents a proper name.  When done so, it's just an
> example
> of carelessness or ignorance of the accepted convention.
>
> Mike / KK5F
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