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From: Charles Riggs
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 00:00

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On Sat, 10 Apr 1999 11:38:43 -0400, brahms@mindspring.com (Stan Brown)
wrote:

>[This followup was also e-mailed to the cited author.]
>
>In this next-to-last year of the millennium, mark@mrdawes.freeserve.co.uk 
>(Mark Dawes) wrote in alt.algebra.help:
>
>>Any thoughts on using L for litres where 50l (for "50 litres") can be
>>misinterpreted?
>
>I do volunteer work in a pharmacy. Liters (or litres) are abbreviated L 
>for that very reason.
>
>According to my copy of the ISO standard, /Units of Measurement/, l and L 
>are "on an equal footing" which means that either is considered correct, 
>so you're free to write L if you wish.

There we have it then.

Charles Riggs

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