Pat Naughtin wrote:
> Surely megapeople is OK - if inelegant - as long as it is spelled out.
>
> Mpeople is a construction that includes a (correct) SI prefix symbol, but
> combines it with the spelled out word 'people'; and to the best of my
> knowledge, there is no internationally agreed, and supported, symbol for
> people.
Apart from being inelegant, it's just plain wrong. People is plural.
Megaperson makes more sense, but it's also inelegant.
In any case, neither person nor people is a unit of measure.
I have similar problems with respect to applying SI rules to currency,
although my objection isn't as strenuous.
Bill Potts, CMS
San Jose, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
