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How about a recipe. Cut the sausage into 1/8 " strips. Or is it 1/8
in. strips. Or is it 1/8-inch strips. Or is it 1/8-in. strips. Or,
finally, is it 1/8-in strips. Or am i too picky.
On 4/20/07, Yves JEAUROND <jingting -at- rogers -dot- com> wrote:
> Btw, the same recommendation is in
> _Webster's New Collegiate..._, if you're
> arguing about this at a client site,
> with no access to the w3.
>
> Yves Jeaurond
>
> Andrew Warren <awarren -at- synaptics -dot- com> a écrit :
> Rob Hudson wrote:
>
> > Is this an appropriate use of a fraction with inches: "1/8 " "?
> >
> > I'd tend to hyphenate "1/8-inch"
>
> Rob:
>
>
> In the sentence "Hand me a 1/8-inch socket, please," the use of a hyphen
> is appropriate because the unit is spelled out ("inch"). When a unit
> SYMBOL is used, though, there should be only a space between the numeral
> and the symbol, as in "8.5 in x 11 in".
>
> The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) publishes
> the Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI); it's
> available at:
>
>http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/index.html
>
> The section you want is here:
>
>http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/sec07.html#7.2
>
> Quoting from it:
>
> 7.2 Space between numerical value and unit symbol
>
> In the expression for the value of a quantity, the unit
> symbol is placed after the numerical value and a space is
> left between the numerical value and the unit symbol.
>
> ....
>
> (b) Even when the value of a quantity is used in an
> adjectival sense, a space is left between the numerical
> value and the unit symbol. (This rule recognizes that unit
> symbols are not like ordinary words or abbreviations but
> are mathematical entities, and that the value of a quantity
> should be expressed in a way that is as independent of
> language as possible - see Sec. 7.6 and Sec. 7.10.3.)
>
> Examples: a 1 m end gauge but not: a 1-m end gauge
>
> ....
>
> Note: When unit names are spelled out, the normal rules of
> English apply. Thus, for example, "a roll of 35-millimeter
> film" is acceptable (see Sec. 7.6, note 3).
>
> -Andrew
>
> === Andrew Warren - awarren -at- synaptics -dot- com
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