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Subject:RE: Please explain this phrase From:John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com> To:'Con & Yu' <dorun -at- m3 -dot- dion -dot- ne -dot- jp>, TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 22 Aug 2003 09:18:53 -0400
I'd guess that this is the same as us not mixing active and passive, or
maintaining parallel construction.
if you are going to use metric, use metric only...if you are going to use
English, use English only.
No, it doesn't mean know only one. In fact, I'd guess you'd need to know
both equally well, since often you will get readings in one and must convert
it to the one being used throughout your project.
John Posada
Information Hunter-Gatherer
Special Projects; Information Technology
Barnes&Noble.com
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>No self-respecting scientist would mix English and metric systems.
>
>Does this mean that scientists only need to know one of the two systems? or
>something else?
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