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Re: punctuation et al. rules

Subject: Re: punctuation et al. rules
From: "Peter Neilson" <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net>
To: "techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>, "Syed Zaeem Hosain" <Syed -dot- Hosain -at- aeris -dot- net>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 08:41:24 -0500

Indeed, the use of L instead of (lower-case) l, to avoid confusion with "1" (one) is a specific exception called out in the instructions for the use of SI abbreviations. Here is a reference: http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/64237.html

When using handwriting I tend to use the "cursive" form of the lower-case L to avoid ambiguity.

Personally I prefer the units be separated from the numeric value by a space, but the argument for connecting them includes avoiding the problem of accidental separation over a line break, viz. 3
mL

where 3mL would not ever get split.

On Wed, 22 Feb 2017 21:53:38 -0500, Syed Zaeem Hosain <Syed -dot- Hosain -at- aeris -dot- net> wrote:

Hmmm ...

To handle this situation you mention, I capitalize the 'L' ... i.e., show it as "1L". I have also used "mL" to represent milli-liters rather than "ml".

I.e., the comment inre "Liters" shortened to 'L' here: https://www.mathsisfun.com/measure/metric-volume.html seems right to me (space or no space).

Z

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Subject: Re: punctuation et al. rules

So a one-liter flask is a 1l flask? Sure looks like eleven to me. (I'm using Courier right now.)

On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:09:25 -0500, Lin Sims <ljsims -dot- ml -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
Would you believe, my current company has updated its corporate style
guide so that if the unit is represented by a single-letter
abbreviation (as in V for volt, or Î for ohms, we don't have a space
between the number and the unit no matter whether it's a noun or a
phrasal adjective?

<shudder>
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RE: punctuation et al. rules: From: Cardimon, Craig
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