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From: Stan Brown
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 00:00

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In this next-to-last year of the millennium, riggs@tinet.ie (Charles 
Riggs) wrote in alt.algebra.help:
>Writing 50l, which looks nearly identical to 501, could indeed be
>confusing. I think I'd just spell the word out.

Perhaps it is for that reason that the ISO mandates a space between the 
number and the abbreviation for the unit. Fifty meters (or metres) is "50 
m" and not "50m"; fifty liters/litres are "50 L" or "50 l" not not "50L" 
or "50l".

-- 
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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From: brahms@mindspring.com (Stan Brown)
Subject: Re: Need Urgent Help
Date: 1999/04/11
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